Jim Burlile
New Heliman
Location: Riverside Ca.
| Hi;
I saw a new taller head and shorter mixing arms newly listed, on Helidirect upgrade parts for the 500. I will need to try those.
Also the 13 tooth cnc tail pulley seems to help with tail rotor control. I am using Lepton carbon fiber tail blades with the 13 tooth and it seems to work so far.
I have also read that some are using Trex 600 carbon paddles, but I am not sure if they cut them down a little or leave them stock. It also looks like the flybar will need to be cut off and rethreaded to fit the 600 paddles. I have a couple of 500's with the standard black paddles and one with the light weight white paddles and the responce does seem better on the light paddles.
I have also used modified Trex vertical fins on my 500's to get the tail rotor out of the dirt and switched to a Hirobo gear that is a little taller and so far it seems to work well.
I have also read that the 500 has better responce when the middle or upper hole in the main shaft is used, which gets the head closer to the frame. Apparently it cuts the total cyclic down a little, but helps in overal responce, since the weight is closer to the head.
Jim. |
