Spacey
Senior Heliman
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
| Nothing special really, usual stuff with just much more extra care on the setup.
Obviously you need to build a mounting plate for most if not all helis, a broken blade usually has the carbon in it needed for this task. I just cut a little plate teensy bigger than a std servo mount, cut a hole in that for the micro...thin layer of silicone on the plate where it gets stuck to the mainframe and a little bolt in the normal std size servo mounting holes to secure the whole thing. You have to keep it all super light otherwise you defy all purpose. Then just mount your micro to the plate as normal using the supplied grommets and things, don't overtighten it at all or the vibrations will certainly kill it...it's a TLAR thing, not too loose not too tight. Other alternative like I used on my Vibe .50 was to double side the servo to the frame and wrap a cable tie loosely around it and the frame.
Then all you need to do is ensure you don't let it bind at all on the throttle, I leave a little headroom at full throttle and fully closed just so vibrations can be taken up there also should the motor for some reason move slightly in relation to the servo when running. Really only need to leave a fart and on the OS motors I use there's actually a little bit over full and over closed where the barrel starts closing again for instance going to full throttle and past...that's my headroom. On most motors however that last few degrees on the barrel don't make a difference anyways as far as top end is concerned. Btw I leave this headroom even when using a std servo, just more particular on the matter with the micros.
Then lastly you just need to ensure when you're setting it all up that you don't strain the servo while tightening down the arm on the carb barrel and all that jazz...real care here as this is where you instantly burn pods and strip gears.
That's about it. |
