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Thunder Tiger Raptors 30-90 - Imperio > Raptor 30v2 hover trouble
 
 
Raptor_660
Heliman
Location: Barbados

Raptor was working nicely ,Balanced & replaced blades,flybar & boom after crash and rechecked belt tension. With 401 Gyro on (steady red) the heli tail shakes and moves all over place and sometimes makes the entire heli shake, turn off gyro switch (ch5)and its flys better but still not same .Any ideas whats happening ?

Raptor_660
05-21-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Slowpoke
Veteran
Location: Dublin, Ohio

Did you take the mainshaft and spindle out and check them for trueness after the crash? It doesn't take much to bend either of them. Is the tail shaking side-to-side or up and down? Did the tail blades sustain any damage? Also check the tail rotor shaft.
05-21-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Raptor_660
Heliman
Location: Barbados

Will take Tail Rotor, Main shaft & spindle out today ,whats an easy way to check them for trueness ?(i'm thinking a peice of glass). Shakes mostly side to side ,and sometimes goes through out whole heli which looks scary .Tail blades dont look damaged but will also change.

Raptor_660
05-21-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Slowpoke
Veteran
Location: Dublin, Ohio

I put the shafts in my cordless drill and spin them, and I always check them from both ends. Also rolling them on a plate of glass is good also. Does the tail servo feel ok - no stripped gears?
05-21-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Raptor_660
Heliman
Location: Barbados

Servo feels good , could also pull it down to be sure its ok .
05-21-2006 Over year old.
 
 
BarracudaHockey
rrMaster
Location: Orange Park FL

99 percent of the time if you need to replace blades you are going to be replacing the spindle. I've never bent a main shaft and I've torn up my Raptor a few times.

To check the spindle extend one blade and remove the other. Put a hex driver on the spindle bolt and turn it. If the blade tip moves up and down replace the shaft. Some people put a mark on the wall where the blade tip is to see even small variations.


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05-21-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Raptor_660
Heliman
Location: Barbados

Main shaft intact & spindle bent !! was easy to notice bend on true surface and also with drilling machine .Will still check T/R parts and servo for any defects.

Raptor_660
05-21-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Raptor_660
Heliman
Location: Barbados

T/R shaft is fine and also servo . Anything else along with my spindle that would of been cause of this shake ?
05-22-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Raptor_660
Heliman
Location: Barbados

Finally solved bad movement of tail today .
Started with swaping out Rx battery and got same problem ,
Changed to another working 401 Gyro and still same problem,
Changed Futuba S3001 to S9254 for tail and problem stopped !!!
Now back to very smooth Raptor30 hovering .

Raptor_660
05-27-2006 Over year old.
 
 
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