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Klinger
Senior Heliman
Location: Brisbane Australia

Last weekend i managed to snap a ball clean of the swash with my 6003D V-bar. I didnt think there was much chance of this happening considering the low servo currents i've measured with the V-stabi head but was really loading it up at the time. Did i read somewhere that guys have used different balls because they are thicker or no-one else ever done this?

06-11-2008 10:29 PM

OICU812
rrProfessor
Location: World Resources Capitol, Canada

wow I am running 8717s on 8.4 volts and flying 2400HS with no issues in the regards seriously, even last weekend at a funfly I hit the blades on the ground in a piroflip and kept flying no damage. I have had some swash balls break or bend on hard crashed but never in normal use flight.

...Once upon a time there were Nitros, flybars and frequency pins...

06-11-2008 10:44 PM

laughingstill
Key Veteran
Location: Gainesville, Fl, USA

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wow I am running 8717s on 8.4 volts and flying 2400HS with no issues

On a 6003D!!!

3DMP-E, Logo 6003D, Logo103D Carbon and Trex 450se Flyin Firefighter

06-11-2008 11:25 PM

wlfk
Veteran
Location: uk

Where did it break? And which one was it?

Assuming the swash is the same as for the dx/3d with flybar, I know the pitch lever threads are shorter than those of the aileron swash.

Could you get the remnants out easily?

K

A bit like a kite, but 500 times more expensive

06-12-2008 12:21 AM

Daniel Jetschin
Senior Heliman
Location: Germany

Swash crashed before or overtightenened those balls ?

06-12-2008 04:10 AM

lloyd
Veteran
Location: Port Elizabeth,South Africa

Mine broke in a crash but its repaired with over 100 flights.

future of nitro is ELECTRIC

06-12-2008 06:07 AM

Klinger
Senior Heliman
Location: Brisbane Australia

It was one from swash to blade grip and had well over 100 flights on it. Very sure it wasnt overtightened when installed but it does look like a stress fracture had started on it before it finally broke. I bought a new one but have a friend trying to EDM it out as it snapped about 1mm into the swash! It just broke mid-flight but i was farting the blades pretty heavy at the time!

06-12-2008 09:45 AM

T-rexn8
Senior Heliman
Location: COLORADO

I bent an inner ball in a crash but it did not break. I replaced it of course.