Malorie
Elite Veteran
Location: Paw squared, MI
| I'm glad you're liking it.  The design was aimed at removing any shortcomings in the previous design since 3D flying has taken a quantum leap since the original one was designed. Hopefully it will put up with the stuff that people come up with to destroy helis in the future. 
What I'm likeing more than anything with this gearbox is how solid it feels when you piro while moving real fast. It just happily piros like you're standing still. Very sim-like. I've been working on smoothing out a fast inverted-backwards loop with a piro at the top (IB Yawvalanche ) . With the old gearbox, the piro would hang up if you were moving too quickly across the top (very unnerving). Now the heli goes through it real clean and precise with a very consitant piro rate. Same for piro-loops, piro funnels, and piro-flips. It really helps the confidence.
Incidentally, it even puts up with some heavy turf abuse. I dragged the tail in a stretched auto the other day which broke both tailblades. The output shaft, hub, and all gears survived as if nothing happenned.
I guess all the design goals were met. 
Malorie
Life's a journey, NOT a destination. |
