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Kyosho Caliber 30 & 60 - Concept - Nexus > Another Nexus question.. about rotor blades

deckerv
Veteran
Location: Wellsville, NY

I know the Nexus has 530mm blades stock.. anyone use 550mm carbon blades?? If I tried.. would that totally screw up my pitch curves and throttle curves, of which I do not fully understand how to set up correctly?? (I'm still flying my used heli that came set up with the radio pre-programmed)

It does not look like the mains and the tail rotor will touch or even get too close if I put 550's on it.. so I was not sure. I'm being cheap and trying not to buy 530 blades since I already have several 550's now.
Any good books or sources to read up on properly setting up curves??

Thanks!
deckerv

03-07-2002 Over year old.

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cripskillz
Senior Heliman
Location: Paso Robles CA

Put them on and try it, then let me know what happens if it works ill do the same

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tisrich
Senior Heliman
Location: western NY

If you make sure they are tight you should be fine. Try to land as lightly as possible.

03-07-2002 Over year old.

noname
Veteran
Location: .

I set up some Helimax 550 (FRP's) on my Concept 46 VR (which uses 535's) ... they definitley looks close to the tail-rotor blades, but after some really hard maneuvers I concluded they where good enough since my heli came back down in 1 piece

. Also, the VR has a flapping head as opposed to the Nexus therefore I guess you won't have any problems at all.

As tisrich already said, make sure they're really tight ... that will help in case of a hard landing! I did get to land hard a couple of times (during autorotation tests) and didn't encounter any problems either!

03-08-2002 Over year old.

deckerv
Veteran
Location: Wellsville, NY

Cool.. Thanks!!! Do you think the size will mess up the pitch/throttle curves at all??

03-08-2002 Over year old.

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nexusnz
Senior Heliman
Location: Auckland/Taranaki, New Zealand

550

I put a set of CMT 550 Carbon blades on my Nexus acouple of weeks and from what I've been doing (not much,practicing for a F3C comp)
they seem to work fine.
No pitch adjustment needed just strap them on and track them in. Heaps of clearance between the main blades and the tail rotor and you will find the heli will also fly alot smoother.

Iain

03-10-2002 Over year old.

deckerv
Veteran
Location: Wellsville, NY

Awesome!! Thanks.. I was hoping someone else already tried.. I'm new @ heli's.. and just not confident enough for the experimentations yet.. Thanks again for letting me know.
Vo Decker

03-10-2002 Over year old.

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richie
Heliman
Location: West Palm Beach Florida

550's on the Nexuus...

I fly a Nexus Legato which has the full flapping head. I had a set of 550's on and while flying in a parking lot in gusty winds touched down slightly harder than normal, but not out of the range of an exceptable landing. The main rotor came into contact with the tail rotor and the main blades won. I had to replace a tail blade. I am waiting on a set of 530's and I am still flying on the 550's. Just making sure my landings are very gentle. If you don't have a full flapping head you will probably be o.k., but if you do don't use the 550's. It will be just a matter of time before a new set of tail blades.

06-25-2002 Over year old.

Davidk
Heliman
Location: Pinnacle NC

550 blades

if you fly them get the longer tail boom before flying, it will help keep the main rottor out of the tail feathers. and will still work with 530 just fine

i fly 515 when i can get them.. higher head speed and touchie on the sticks. great for 3D

some pitch changes yes . but minor
fly fly fly

06-26-2002 Over year old.

tvoydan
Senior Heliman
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan

Nexus tail rotor

I was under the assumption that 550mm main blades could contact the tail rotor blades under extreme cyclic, although I have not tried it. I was planning on putting a Hawk IV tail boom on my Nexus with a torque tube to extend the tail rotor out farther and then run 550 blades. It looks like the Century Hawk boom and tail rotot setup is an exact nock off from the Nexus.

I was trying to figure out if I could somehow retro-fit the original Hawk wire drive (since is is cheaper than a torque tube), but they seem to be different. Also the brass tube and inserts for the Hawk will fit the Nexus wire drive, which is something else I was looking into since the Nexus wire drive sucks so bad. I would at least like to run a Nexus wire inside the Hawk tube and inserts down a stock Nexus boom.

08-22-2002 Over year old.

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