J_Cunny
Veteran
Location: Austin, Texas
| Ok Guys,
I am in the process of re-assembling back the HBK2 after the tail drive belt replacement. I did reverse the waser/race setup on the tensioner (thanks for the tip) upon re-assembly. However, I got to intsalling the drive motor back and now I am curious about how much tension do you place against the pinion and the gear? Too much robs the battery (probably will tear up the gear too), too little gives you slop. What have you all gone with? Also am curious about tail rotor setup. I have watched the subzero guy's vids about having the 2 degree offset at neutral stick, does that give enough blade deflection for good tail control? The reason I'm asking is mine (before I tore it down), didn't seem like it had even pitch differetial between the two sides (meaning you had more picth in one direction of travel than the other). Is there a right way and a wrong way here? Is it possible to reverse the blade couplers and have issues? I saw you guys talking about the 43t gear upgrade (of which I can't locate in stock on the online stores), what other alternatives are out there? Bigger tail baldes? I assume T-Rex ones? Wouldn't you hit the main blade with a bigger tail blade? Wouldn't it turn slower? Or is the amount of air "bite" going to offset this loss of tail rotor speed?
I have read that the stock motor is crap and should be tossed. What brushless setup would you guys recommned? I'm not going to the 3D nationals or anything, I just would like to get something to play around with that won't die on me after I get the thing setup and dialed in. I'm still working on that; the belt cratered before she's even been airborne.
Sorry for all of the questions, I really don't have a source here locally. So all of my knowledge base comes from this forum, as the local store only caters to the T-Rex and the E-flight stuff.
Many thanks,
Jarrod Cunningham
Austin, Texas |
