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Thunder Tiger Raptors 30-90 - Imperio > Raptor 60 coolingfan upgrade or not?
 
 
raptor30
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Location: Tilburg,The Netherlands

Hello,

I recently bought a Raptor 60 V2 and i have heard some people are having trouble with the coolingfan that it is not balanced right.
Is this only with the version one,or also with the V2?

And if i buy an aluminium fan should i consider the one from TT instead of the Quick UK fan?
I heard that the QuickUK fan is more work to install right and the TT one is pretty easy to install.

Any tips???

Thanks,
Raptor30
01-31-2002 Over year old.
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Heli-Driver
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Location: Arlington, TX

R60 Cooling fan

I have the TT blue anodized fan and I really like it. It screws onto the shaft so you don't need any collets or anything like that. It is balanced quite well and seems to have more surface area than the stock fan.

I upgraded mine because I had a problem with the stock V2 fan. It is made of plastic and aluminum and they tend to separate, mine did after about 20 flights. It didn't screw anything up but did get the heli out of balance and could have torn the clutch up if I had run it longer.

I prefer the metal one piece fan any day over the stock two piece.

I haven't seen the Quick fan so I can't comment on it. Personally, I can't see how it could be any better than the TT metal unit unless it is cheaper.. I purchased mine from Cyberheli and got a great deal on it.

hope this helps!

PS_ I would recommend pinning the torque tube ends to the torque tube, the tubes have been known to slip and will result in a crash in most cases. I lost mine and it resulted in a major crash. I won't fly the R60 now without first drilling and pinning the endcaps to the torque tube. Do it, it only takes a little work and time and could save your heli.





Raymond

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sluggo
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Location: Kitchener Ont

Raymond I did the same thing with my tube after reading about it on the net. Well I had it apart to do the mod I also added a secound bearing to the drive. I think it will help support the tube drive alot more and help keep the vibs down in the tail.

As for the fan I haven't tryed the heli yet (waiting for new radio to get here) so I will wait to get the upgrade fan. I if I do the fan upgrade it will be for a better blance and will hold GV-1 megnets better.


Chris
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Crashr30
Senior Heliman
Location: DFW

TT Fan or Quik

I have the Quik fan and it was like 60 bucks. I think the TT fan is half that. The quik fan was more work to set up. I spent about 30 minutes with mine but I have less than .001 in runout. The TT fan looks real nice. A buddy of mine just got one. By the way I went through 2 fans before I made the upgrade.
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