bobc1
Senior Heliman
Location: Southern California
| I have flown about 15 gallons through a Stinger 50 in the past three months. After fighting with the clutch, bad bearings, and gear mesh, I finally upgraded to Raptor V2 parts on the clutch, pinion, start shaft, & main gear (& pulley). This solved those problems.
Now, the collective arm sides are drastically worn at the point where the OD of the pivot bearings ride in the ID's of the collective arm sides allowing the entire collective assembly to pivot with elevator input.
The A arms on the elevator linkage are also worn where they pivot at the bottom allowing the swash plate to pivot.
I want to replace these with Raptor plastic parts as other Raptor owners don't seem to have an issue with these parts wearing. I believe the Raptor part numbers are PV0012 and PV0013 but Zoom's website states that the collective arm will only fit the V1 Raptors, not the V2.
Does anyone know if these are the correct parts for the Gohbee?
I left a written message for David @ Gohbee a week or so ago with no response.
ALSO:
I was going to install the new 90 durometer O Ring dampers in the metal head today & discovered that the brass damper collars are .010" smaller that the ID of the head. They are also loose in the old plastic head although not as bad.
The OD of the new dampers is .580" & the ID of the head is .590". Anyone else having these problems?
The original rubber dampers become very worn and shed rubber flakes in a couple of gallons.
I emailed David & left a voice mail message for him today, again. Has anyone had recent contact with him?
Thanks,
Bob |
