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CSpaced
12-04-2008, 09:19 AM
I just came across this on Futaba's website, this gyro is tiny and is fully loaded! I can't wait to get my hands on one and test it out.

http://www.futaba-rc.com/radioaccys/futm0810a.jpg

GY520 Gyro w/Heading Hold

Introducing the smallest, lightest heading hold heli gyro in the world. How does a heli gyro smaller than a postage stamp perform? If it's the GY520, the answer is "brilliantly." In tiny electrics and .90-size 3D aerobats. With analog servos as easily as digital servos. And on about one-tenth the current other gyros require.

There's no amp, no control box - just a tiny, ten gram square that's 6 grams lighter than any heading hold gyro around. It blends the superior tail-holding power of AVCS design with new sensors so sensitive that response is effectively instantaneous. And for fine-tuning, there are seven programmable features and three ways to set them.

The GY520 Gyro. The new state-of-the-art in gyro technology - and the newest member of the best-selling GY Gyro series.

Ultra small and light weight gyro contained in one unit-no separate sensor and control unit.

Utilizes a high speed advanced PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) control algorithm.

Latest MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) allows complete control system on one chip.

Compatible with digital and analog servos.

F3C and 3D mode selectable.

Operates at very high speed; 280Hz in the 1250uS mode and 506Hz in the 760uS mode.

Programmable through single button and multi-color LED or through a PC using Futaba CIU-2 USB adapter.

Registered AVCS (Angular Velocity Control System) architecture achieves unmatched tail holding ability.

http://www.futaba-rc.com/radioaccys/futm0807.html#futm0810

nexgen
12-04-2008, 10:14 PM
So what's it gonna cost? I'll be happy to test fit it on my Gaui 200.

CSpaced
12-04-2008, 10:15 PM
Tower is listing them for $200...

ericb
12-09-2008, 08:23 PM
That is not a bad price if they work as advertised, which I am sure they will.

ericb
12-09-2008, 08:29 PM
How much better than the 401 is it?

CSpaced
12-09-2008, 08:45 PM
Judging from the features I'd say this is closer to the 611 than the 401...

ericb
12-10-2008, 04:58 PM
If it has the performance of the 611 at that price, it will be a winner.

CSpaced
12-10-2008, 06:43 PM
Sure will, I can't wait to test one out. The difference between my 611 and 401 are like night and day, I'm hoping this will be somewhere in between.

LDR
12-24-2008, 09:38 PM
I want to try one on my 50 size. If it works as well as they make it sound, it will open up some space on the heli.

victorzamora
10-27-2009, 02:56 AM
Does anyone have any set-up advice? For some reason, I blew the Hitec HS-65HB that I had on the tail. I've stepped up to a Hitec HS-81MG.

I don't know what happend to the 65....it just got REALLY hot and then refused to keep working. I don't want this to happen to my brand new servo...so any tips or links that would be useful?

victorzamora
11-03-2009, 01:45 PM
N/M....I got it worked out.

krefi
11-03-2009, 06:58 PM
Do tell what the problem was, so others don't make the same mistake (or is it too embarrassing ;))

jones007
11-04-2009, 02:27 PM
Sounds like a "digital" or wrong center-freq problem. Either can ruin an old analog servo in pretty short order.

--Kevin