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QuickWorldWide Ep and Wet Fuel Helis > Octane Dominator 26 with g231puh
 
 
kosta
Heliman
Location: Melbourne Australia

Here's my OD26 sport mid build. I have 690mm Carbon Tech blades on 12 tooth pinion which I hope will suit the g231. I did have to file the frames a little to lower the clutch bell so the pinion didn't foul the lower main gear, took a few minutes, no biggie. I'm thinking of using the standard can muffler you get with the engine but will use three muffler spacers so the can clears the frames, should work fine. I'm running Bluebird 620mg's on cyclic, maybe someone could comment if these servo's would suit a gasser. Anyone care to chime in with any tips would be much appreciated, cheers, kosta.

01-31-2008 10:16 AM
 
 
shuttlepilot
Elite Veteran
Location: Mullins, South Carolina

I'm running the BMS830DMG on my Quick gasser. The servos that you are using are rated at 144oz at .13, so according to the specs they should work ok. The centering will not be as good as the digitals. I have at least 30 hours of flying on my bluebird servos and they are holding up just fine. I guess only time will tell on how the non-digitals hold up. Let us know how everything goes and how you like the gasser.

Gas is Great
Quick OD 26
01-31-2008 09:25 PM
 
 
Quick Worldwide
rrAdvertiser
Location: Coopersburg, PA

JUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS

OK Nick....Thanks for words of wisdom...



QWW-Irwin
02-17-2008 03:58 PM
 
 
Eury
Elite Veteran
Location: Ankeny, IA, USA.

You want to know why people have the feelings they do towards your company Irwin? Read your post above. Calling customers stupid makes them not like you. Doing it publicly makes it so everyone who reads it doesn't like you, and only encourages the bashing. Hell, this poster didn't even have a complaint, or bash you or your products in any way, yet you STILL can't help but call him stupid. He was just asking what people thought of his servo choice. WTF is wrong with you?

With the attitude you project, you deserve EVERY bit of the crap that people throw at you. If people are wrongly saying things about your company, SHUT YOUR MOUTH. You don't belong on these forums if you don't have the self control to not insult the people that pay your bills. You say that you've been in business for 21 years, I've been in the hobby for 13 of those years, and since I started, people have constantly warned me away from doing any kind of business with you or buying any of your products. (Of course, I had to learn the lesson for myself) Your helis make a very convincing sales pitch on their own, they are beautiful, then you ruin it by acting like this.

Want to make it so people don't constantly bash you and your company? Study this guy's posts:

http://runryder.com/member.htm?do=getinfo&userid=3023

Seriously, go read Jeff Green's posts. If you find 1 post where he attacks a customer like you do on a constant basis (I haven't read them, but I promise you won't), I'll buy one of your helis. I won't fly it or keep it, I'll throw it directly in the trash when the box gets here. Go learn a lesson on customer service, and you'll see why most people consider your products to be trash, and your customer service to be the absolute worst in the industry.


Nick Crego
I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.
02-17-2008 04:26 PM
 
 
kosta
Heliman
Location: Melbourne Australia

Moving on with the build, I've set up the linkages on the head for zero pitch at half stick. Had to max out the linkages from servo's to swash to 78mm otherwise on full negative pitch the washout base would slide down past the anti rotating pins. All good now. Fitted the carby with z-rc cnc insulator and also fitted the fuel tank. I used a walbro felt filtered clunk in the tank, hope these work ok. I started working on the tail and noticed that the arms coming from the pitch slider would contact the main pitch lever upon full deflection towards the pulley. I could have just limited servo travel so it wouldn't hit but just to be safe I used a t-rex main shaft collar with the grub screws on the tail output shaft, hard up against the bearing. No chance of contact now I love looking at this thing, maybe should be renamed Intimidator 26, wadda ya's reckon? Anyway, hope it fly's as good as it looks. Getting close now, getting fidgety too, ie nervous


p.s hope this post is not too confusing kosta.
02-26-2008 01:47 PM
 
 
snobdrs
Senior Heliman
Location: coatesville,pa-usa

Its good to hear that the build is going good. How would you rate the kit? How would you rate the build difficulty?

Support your local hobby shop
02-26-2008 02:10 PM
 
 
kosta
Heliman
Location: Melbourne Australia

Hi snobdrs. This is a challenging, yet enjoyable build. I did my research before buying this heli and knew what I was in for regarding slight mods and tweaks, I was up for the challenge. The quality of the parts is great in my opinion. I have taken my time and certainly not rushed anything but hope to be rewarded with a great flying heli, we'll see.
02-26-2008 11:23 PM
 
 
rsalazar
Key Veteran
Location: Florida, USA

kosta

thanks for the update and the info about the build. Please more photos
02-26-2008 11:36 PM
 
 
kosta
Heliman
Location: Melbourne Australia

Just some pics to show some progress I made on my previous post. As you can see in one of the pics, I've looped the vent line with a couple of zip ties and put a filtered clunk on the end. Hope this will be ok, I used the clunk to keep any debris going into the tank.
Also I I've used some double sided tape on the fuel tank to cushion it against the mounting brackets, my thinking is it will prevent the tank from wear and tear from those gasser vibes I hear about.

Sorry for some fuzzy pics, the quality sucks when you have to scan polaroid camera photos ............nah just kidding .

kosta.

03-04-2008 12:33 PM
 
 
Eury
Elite Veteran
Location: Ankeny, IA, USA.

Looping the line and putting a filter on the end is how I've always done it, you should be fine. You might want to rotate the pull start, doesn't look like it's going to work very well in the orientation you have it in.


Nick Crego
I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.
03-04-2008 12:57 PM
 
 
JuanRodriguez
Elite Veteran
Location: Rochester, New York

You beat me to the punch on that starter orientation, Eury.... I don't think that will work at all that way, or not for long before something breaking....

Kosta,

Just remove the four starter mounting bolts and rotate the whole assembly 90 degrees so that the rope handle sticks out the side of the heli....
03-04-2008 01:32 PM
 
 
lmhflyer
Heliman
Location: Howell, MI

On the carb the second fuel line going into the nipple on top, what is that. I just got a dominator and the prev. owner said it was nothing and left it open. Just wonder if it creates a vaccumb leak?
03-04-2008 05:08 PM
 
 
Eury
Elite Veteran
Location: Ankeny, IA, USA.

It's a fuel return line to the tank. Basically excess fuel in the carb will go back to the tank, without a line on it, it'll just come out and drip.


Nick Crego
I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.
03-04-2008 05:28 PM
 
 
kosta
Heliman
Location: Melbourne Australia

Thanks for the advice guys, I must have had my brain on backwards when I fitted the pull starter . All good now . Is it better to fit a T piece with a plug on the return line for refueling or simply pull the line off the carby each time. Can fuel be pushed back into the carby if I use a T piece?

kosta.

03-05-2008 12:47 PM
 
 
JuanRodriguez
Elite Veteran
Location: Rochester, New York

Here is a quote from rbort from another thread......

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The most important thing to remember is ONE WAY fuel flow, so always fill the tank from the return line and at the end of the day empty it from the carb line. Never fill from the carb line as it defeats the felt filter. Also don't worry about fuel lines being taken off and on to fuel/defuel. They don't slip off even after years of usage as the carb nipples are barbed.
03-05-2008 02:53 PM
 
 
kosta
Heliman
Location: Melbourne Australia

Thanks Juan, I'll leave it as it is then. I think if anyone knows, it's rbort.
I'm about to mount my gyro which is a JR770t, does anyone have any feedback on these for a gasser? Thanks, kosta.
03-05-2008 10:48 PM
 
 
peekay
New Heliman
Location: melbourne au

OD 26

Hi guys. I have just started to build my OD26 and had the same problem with the clutch bell pinion mesh. The problem lies in the fact that the bearing block has no lip or flange to set the exact height of the pinion. So here is what I did. The bearings are a press fit, so the only thing stopping them falling out is locktite, so I cut a vertical slot in the block only on one side between the cap screws. Then added small washers between the bearings. Then I drilled the threads out straight through the block where I made the slot. This lets you put a 3mm cap bolt through the block out the other side and then you put a lock nut on it. Get the height of the pinion correct then tighten it up and it also clamps the bearing so it cant move up or down. The other bearing blocks are fine. Just my 20 cents worth. So far I like this machine, but like Kosta said it is a builders heli.
03-10-2008 11:23 AM
 
 
kosta
Heliman
Location: Melbourne Australia

Nice work peekay. It's good to hear different methods of getting around the same problem, this could be the best one yet. Keep us posted on the rest of the build.

I've just fitted my gyro, neatend up the wiring and mounted the XPS receiver. Just waiting on my pipe to turn up and I'm off to buy some Colemans fuel . I'll let ya's know what happens .
03-10-2008 02:16 PM
 
 
Jon QWW
New Heliman
Location: Coopersburg, PA 18036

Hey Peekay,

While that seems a bit overkill to me, that is a cool way to clamp the bearings in place. Just be sure not to make your clamp too tight to lock the bearings up or cause any notchy-ness. Especially in areas such as the clutch bell with high speed bearings you can easily cause RF noises with notchy bearings. I have really found that pressing the bearing and loctiting them in place is the best to avoid anything to lock the bearings up. Just check up on them from time to time like in the event of a crash or whatever to make sure the loctite isn't broken.

Sincerely,
Jon QWW
03-10-2008 06:12 PM
 
 
shuttlepilot
Elite Veteran
Location: Mullins, South Carolina

I didn't have this problem with mine, but my bearing block has a flanged side that is used to face the pinion. All I did was get the pinion fully seated into the block and the alignment fell right into place.

Very ingenious on the fix peekay. I doubt that you would have any issue with it. Just make sure not to tighten too much, like Jon said, and you should be good to go.

Gas is Great
Quick OD 26
03-10-2008 09:46 PM
 
 
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