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| Well I got a 10-T pinion and clutch for my R22 Ergo 50 / OS 50.. So I installed it last night and tried it today..... YIKES!!! I didn't change any of my settings, that OS 50 is an ANIMAL!! I lifted off into a hover and the head speed was going balistic!! Geez..what do I know about settings?? Not much I'm afraid... I set it down and got my wife to tach it for me...ya she's come a long way from last yr......
Anyway the head speed was (at a hover in normal mode) 1960!!!! Yikes, the poor R22 didn't like that too much.... So I dialed the "hover pitch" ALL the way to+ and tried it again, the head speed came down to 1680..the heli was much happier and so was I. Obviously I need to increase the pitch curves......the 50 didn't even seem to notice the extra tooth in the pinion. I have 5.5 gal through it so far and it's getting close to break-in I think.
I'm using 20% Wildcat and I'm getting a LOT of smoke....much more than I expected to see, the main needle is at about 1 turn out...maybe a click or two less.....why so much smoke??? The Venom temp monitor says I'm running about 218 deg. This seems OK to me,but I'm no expert???
Any suggestions????....Thanks for any help........  |