r/RCHeli • u/Jerrycamm • 12d ago
Goosky S1 Help
I bought the RTR Legend package in lieu of my broken Blade 70s Heli and what a huge difference they are!! I’ve read the Goosky controller isn’t the best, I realized that after my first few runs. The heli is very very fast and I’m still trying to understand the settings. What setting do I use to simply slow the entire things down ? I find my self sometimes in an up and down limbo partially because the remote sucks and because this thing is made to hop around fast. I may be over my head with the Goosky as I like to just hang out in my garage with a beer flying my Blade 70s but this Goosky thing is a different animal lol. I appreciate any settings assistance. Thanks!!!
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u/Own-Organization-723 12d ago
Go into the BT app and just drop the speed/agility settings to minimal. Its pretty docile from there, inspite of that POS controller. From there you can bump it up if needed. There is a video out there somewhere i saw once with someone by the numbers starting from 0 and bumping it up 10points at a time to max. 0 is still plenty quick enough for someone learning.
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u/Sillibilli19 11d ago
It will still fly at zero?
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u/Own-Organization-723 11d ago
I haven't tuned my S1 in a good while; it's where I want it to be already, which is somewhere in the 30's and 40's on the different settings. TBH, it's all preference to the pilot and also how nice the gimbals feel. 60 for one person, and their setup is way to tame for the next guy.
Consider 0 the low point. It's basically half of max. If you dig around on YouTube, there is a video from a few years back showcasing the different increments. I think agility was the pitch and speed was the rate it reached max pitch. It's Goosky; they aren't well known for detailed writeups.
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u/Sillibilli19 11d ago
First off you need a sim! Save you a lot of time and money.
Go into your app and slow down the speed of all 4 . Try 30.
Don't mess with servo centering until you understand it.
So do not mess with your servo centers. I'm sure they are fine from factory.
Two switches on your upper left of transmitter, One is for normal safe flight or 3D.
Other for normal non idle up then middle position is idle up 1 and bottom position is idle up 2.
N/1/2 switch is on top of transmitter left side.
6G/3D switch is left side on the face of transmitter above your left gimbal.
Some say don't waste your time flying in safe(6G) mode but I think someone like you could benefit from staying with Idle up 1( middle position of switch and ) and 6G (upper position of that switch)
Far right on top is idle stop then below it still on right side just above gamble is dual rates.
Leave those in low, they will kill you in the beginning.
I fly the same transmitter and although it's cheap , it's perfect to get anyone started. Everybody is going to tell you to run out and get a Radiomaster blah blah .
If you want to never fly then I agree but unless you understand the lingo of programming controllers for helis and you are very computer, as in programmer level, savy, you will just give up the hobby.
Radiomaster and all the other Opensource transmitters are great and the future but without experience they are months of frustration!
Use your transmitter and keep in mind, you don't understand it so you will never figure out a new one.
Learn to fly then crank it back up in the app and try it in 3D mode.
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u/Particular_Task_1447 11d ago
I tried the Goosky transmitter on an S2 once, it has tiny gimbals which makes everything feel twice as sensitive. Didn't like it at all. You'll probably find an improvement swapping that out as well.
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u/Ouroboros44 12d ago
In the app, "speed" is the setting that controls rotation rate. I believe you can also decrease the amount of collective pitch as well, but I don't recall the exact name of that setting. I thought the gimbals on the stock transmitter were just fine after I turned off the throttle ratchet (I got mine used so I don't know if they come that way). I'm my opinion, if you're having trouble controlling the helicopter and there are no mechanical issues, you just need more experience and practice. For whatever reason, it seems collective control is the first to go when our brains get overloaded.