I’ve vastly improved the flight of my Dragonfly! Modifying the throttle to remove the click-stops, and changing how I hold the stick made an instant improvement in my hovering; and, I now have much finer control of thrust and elevation.
Walkera Dragonfly 04 RC Helicopter, Vastly Improved Flying
April 6th, 2010 
wcharly 
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Hey, fellow Walkera owners, how do you hold your controller?
Nice work. I have a friend with a Walkera 60 and he can’t hold a stable hover like that in such a small space. I’ll have to tell him about your click removal mod. I have an E-Sky Lama that could benefit from that as well. Which Walkera number is the one you’re flying in the video?
Thanks!
It’s the Dragonfly 04 – I updated the video title.
Well I am not so sure how good is moding it like that as you can accidentally crash it much easier… but I find that it is annoying to have the clicking with a fixed pitch heli… You are really brave flying it in such a small space…
I find it much easier to adjust my hover without the click. While it’s now a little easier to “droop” the throttle while applying right rudder, I like it better this way.
I feel reasonably comfortable flying in a small space now… The room is about 6′ x 6′.
Fair enough
I might try it as long as I can put it back
It is just a small screw that you loosen and then move the spring arm. It can easily be put back into place. You can also slightly adjust the arm to increase/decrease the click tension if you want to.
The most annoying thing for me is the trim click… because every click is not always enough to adjust it :S
Thanks for your comment, you’ve got it good too!
I use my controller without any trims, i’ve tried to have the best fit on rotor’s linkages, that’s better ’cause walkera transmitter’s trims are too uncertains…
I post a video response where you can see the same exercise, but with a zoom 400 sized…
Star Wars text!
I got one of these choppers. Forget modding the TX lol get a lipo battery and extreme skids and cabon fibre blades! coooool
You will find the DF4 will fly much better with SuperSkids / Extreme Skids applied. The hovering ability is just so much better, and no need to modify the controllers.
what did you change on the controller?
I would like to know what mode you fly in 1,2,3,4
i set up my FSM the way i thought it would be best…learned to lfy pretty nice too. then i found out my settings where just like mode 4. not used much in USA…so what is the best b=mode for helies
i meant MODE for the controller…sorry for the speliing (IE b=mode) I just meeant “mode
I don’t know the mode #.
The rudder, throttle is on the left.
Pitch/Roll is on the right.
Is it easy to fly.
Mode 2.
I totally agree with you, my DF 04 used to shake alot and the landing skid let loose sometimes and after I installed the super skids it fly’s extremely stable.
hey, nice one. its so simple that i never thought of the neckholder. but its clear that it must be much better. i bet this will improve my little flights much better.
(it seems you can use a potbelly-stand, too =) *kidding*