cudaboy_71
Key Veteran
Location: sacramento, ca, u.s.
| hey boo,
welcome. i had an elite CP briefly (which i ditched for the 3dpro). but, i did become intimately familiar with it in that short time.
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| 1. The Antirotation bracket (cne216) can rotate slightly which seems obviously wrong, should I try to (re)glue this ? is it the Mast Tower (cne214) that it needs to be fixed to ? I'm scared of gluing it to the mast by mistake
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i used a sewing straight pin to apply a very small dot of CA to the inside of the antirotation bracket. press it quicly on the mast and it will hold still. using just a 'dot' will allow it to break away easily with a twist when you need to service it...but, is sufficient to hold it still in flight.
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| 2. I read there was a thinner mast collar available to help get 3D levels of pitch travel but I cannot now find it on the web, does anyone know where I can find one ? Alternatively can anyone tell me how thick (thin) the measurements of the hop-up mast collar is so I can make one myself ?
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helihobby.com carries these still, i believe. whether you choose to give them your hard earned money is another subject  really all you need to do is take a grinder and pull as much of the material as you can off the top and bottom of the stock collar without interfering with the set screw. unlike the tolerances in the rest of the heli, its not that critical here. you're just trying to lower the negative pitch throw...so the more you can create the better. it's not even critical that the top side of the collar be perfectly flat....mines kinda rounded when i got a little carried away with the dremel. works fine.
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| 3 Which of the aftermarket parts are worth getting ? I mean from the p.o.v of aerobatics not bling. I am considering the Machined Rotor Head (cne251)and the metal swashplate (cne259) but what about the Blade Grips (cne258) ?
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swash helps cyclic response for sure; the main grips are needed to increase negative throw (there's an extra hole on it from stock giving it more throw); the tail grips definitely eliminate some wag--but, there's a cheap fix for that involving shimming the stock grips with washers, and shimming the blades themselves. search for the post by 'zoom'; also, the stock woodies are crap. get some like90s if you like wood, or the century CFs are good, too. there is other purple bling, but, IMO didnt make that much difference. but, the RChelitech beltdrive mod is EXCELLENT, as are his strut upgrades (the stock ones are made out of cornchips i think...very fragile)
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| 4. Does anyone know if the Battery Holder (cne320) from 3D Pro will fit the Elite CP ? I assume not but would be grateful if anyone can give me pointers to securely retaining Li-Poly batteries in the Elite CP.
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can't help with that one...never ran lipo on my CP---part of the problem i had, me thinks. wait for someone else to chime in, but i'm almost 100% sure the lipo mounts for the 3dpro will fit the CP. then, just use some orings or rubberbands to secure the lipos to it.
good luck.
if it ain't broke…break it. |
