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Heliman
Location: Berkshire UK
| Skid Solo,
I've built the same kit.
Problem 1, the short tail boom assembly.
Did you ensure that those small rubber pads were inserted in the female parts of the drive joints?
In my kit this info was on a seperate sheet and not that obvious.
Also the locating slot in the boom which engages into the chassis housing benefitted from a slight easing with a file. All I did was take the square edge (3 rubs with a needle file) from the leading edge only of the slot (creates a small "Y" ) so it did not shave the plastic locator peg on its way in, thus avoiding having the shaving stopping the boom going all the way in.
No disagreement though - it needed a firm push to send it home, but this time it bottomed in the hole rather than ride up short.
Problem 2, the ball links on the carbon supports.
Chamfer the rod ends with a fine file to give a start to the link. This is a very fine small removal of material. I do this by holding the file in one hand whilst rotating the support with the other in a lathe kind of way, then offering the file up to the carbon rod at 45° and thus remove that square edge.
Dry fitting the links stretches the opening slightly so when you epoxi them as I did, they slide to the bottom of the link just fine.
Hope this helps. |
with the info about where they go, which is into the slotted drive couplings S5162 at either end of the tail drive.
