TomC
Veteran
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
| Dale,
Just a single 100t gear. Not enough room to modify my original version Ion-x's for double-stacked main gears. I could modify my frameset a bit to make it fit but it would then get in the way of my flight packs.
It's too bad that MA could not just widen the gear faces on their current main gears (all have ~11mm wide faces) about 2mm (+1mm top and bottom) to ~13mm total. This would add ~20% tooth contact which would help a bit and they would easily fit within all their current framesets. The secondary gears on the old double staged Ion-x are even worse. It's face is only ~8mm wide. MA used to make a double stacked secondary, but they no longer produce these. Again, no reason why these gears could not have just been made a few mm wider.
Of course, it would also help if these main gears were CNC machined (i.e. perfectly round) to begin with (although they are fairly close, better than most). Like Mel says, a fairly tight gear mesh works best. I locate the high spot on my maingear and mesh it fairly tight to that point. I then give the heli 2-3 light 5 min runs. After the white dust has settled, so to speak, I recheck the meshing and adjust it again, if necessary. Usually, it just fixes itself up after the first 2-3 run-ins.
Mel,
Good suggestion on the silicon spray. I'll give this a go on my 15s pinion/secondary gear, which does get a bit warm. Also, polishing the metal pinion teeth always helps a bit as well. Some heat, esp. with Neu motors, gets transmitted from the motor as well.
Cheers,
TomC
CX2 2s
Logo10- 3D 5s
Trex600 10s
2x Ion-x, 1x15s DS, 1x15s SS |
I need one badly.
