Tail_BoomStrike
Veteran
Location: Virginia Beach
| 4S Evo20 3700mah
Align 17T pinion (you gonna need mini file set for the center frame, for the pinion to reach the main gear)
Make your own carbon fiber tail control push rod the stock wire rod is too flimsy. Chinese weight mod is very sensitive to slight bending of the rod no matter what model you work on.
Anyway an update...... I increased my HS today to 2700rpm..... There's an intermittent flutter on the tail...... That simply means with greater tail rotor speed, it's reactive.... My gain is already down to 41% on that test flight..... 401 is no good below 40%..... So, the alternate remedy is to move the ball one hole inward on the servo arm, shorter tail blades is also a good option..... That QJ8 tail blade on the test flight is 65mm from center of mounting hole to tip...... I could trim it down a bit..... But I'm gonna move the ball on the servo arm first...... That might be all it needs..... My tai drive belt BTW was also old and been to different crashes..... so it could also be the belt thats causing it...... The belt is skipping the teeth on the pulley.......
I'll post another video..... I'm still dialing it in..... I actually re-leveled my swash plate this morning, cause I didn't like the way it flew on the test flight video....... I used the helidirect swash tool before and there's too much clearance in the hole for the main shaft, so it wasn't accurate when I used it the first time. But this second time around, I resolved it by inserting printer paper resized to the I.D. of the leveling tool.... I was amazed how too far out of level the swash plate was...... So the swash is perfectly level now..... And recalibrated my pitch and cyclic travels...... +/- 11*, and 7* for cyclic...... I did a test flight this afternoon.... Man, the cyclic was too damn fast for my taste, I can't belive it's only 7*, I have to dial a 95% D/R on the radio..... I was just now able to appreciate what a fine flying machine this Lepton is. First time I was able to perform 4 point tic tocs in one spot (or maybe it was the wind that's keeping it in there  ), not to mention two complete rotation..... Although I could piro flip better on my 450 and 600N  ..... But that's just because I'm still getting used to it..... I haven't flown this Leppy since last summer...... |
