jh4db536 Senior Heliman Location: Monterey Park, California
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build was a nice one....this heli is DEFINITELY not crash friendly. i think 1 minor crash and it'll be close to totalled. i hate the super tight tolerances on the mainshaft, i tried to file and grind it down, but it was so tight i had to press things. particularly putting the mainshaft into the frame and slipping the 1 way hub onto the mainshaft...
largest gripe is the a/r bracket. that thing is sooo weak...i knew i was going to have problems with this. in fact i dont even think it should be straight. it should be swept backwards otherwise the outside (hiller?) linkages will hit it in higher spectrum of positive pitch.
another issue that needs to be addressed. i decided to put an HS56 on the tail. im running a 6v bec. this thing has so much torq that it is bending the tail fin and causing the tail slider to have imprecise centering....ummmm what to do???? other than that, i believe the tail should work very well. good thing i CAed and gorilla glued the Vfin otherwise it would snap for sure. i dialed down the slider travel but it still does it a little bit (worrying me). i KNOW how to setup a tail or at least a trex XL/SE so im not out of ideas yet.
electronics mounting is a nightmare. there is no real estate on this model and i thought the trex was bad.
due to the frustrations i am having wit this thing, the new setup might be a standard rate gyro, hs55 on the cyclic. until it proves it is worthy of better equipment otherwise...
btw the MCP320 (appears to be an AXI goldline) is very powerful... |