Pleskini
Senior Heliman
Location: Houston, TX
| FYI,
Century has already set out to resolve the motor burnout issue. For the most part it seems that the main reason for burnout is gear meshing too tight. The motor is a tad bit on the underpowered side and needs to be heatsinked to last any length of time, especially if you plan on running the li-poly 1200s on it. They are just about to release a new 370 motor which will significant resolve the overheating/burnout problems many have been experiencing. I will be getting one as soon as they are available (hopefully within a week or two) and I also heard that they are planning on rekitting the stock h-bird with this motor, not sure if this is true or not, but we can all hope.
As far as the swash plate mods. They are totally unneccesary, unless you just have this overwhelming desire for aluminum. The heli can operate just fine with factory swash if you setup your ATVs properly as to aleviate binding. I do on the otherhand like the collar mod. It will help remove any up and down play in the main shaft and remove the extra friction that can develop by the plastic sleeve rubbing on the upper bearing outer race. If you install this 5.00 mod ($8 if you want aluminum) and then slim the plastic sleeve to act as a shaft spacer to correct for the ID of the swash and OD of the mainshaft difference, you will not only reduce friction, but increase overall swash tilt.
The hbird esc is adequate, and so is the gyro and servos. You can hop it up but once again, it is not nesc. to enjoy an inexpensive indoor flyer. My $.02 |
