Pascal
Senior Heliman
Location: Paris, France
| Darren,
I flew both models, my own 3DNT with the old style(curved end) paddles, and the new ones (straight end) on a 3DNT 2003 belonging to a friend and that I finished the setting up.
At my level, it does not worth switching :
Rolls are a bit faster but anyhow I added some weight at 1/3 of the flybar to decrease the roll rate.
A friend with a higher flight level (crazy 3D) told me that the new ones are a bit better ie more stable in backward flying and increase the flip rate...
Should you really wish to upgrade to a 2003 model here is my view :
*New AC fork because I always thought the flexible one should be fragile when flying with cold weather. (although I did not break it, nor seen someone brake it, but heard about some that did)
*New AC pulleys as they decrease the travel speed of the belt allowing to have an higher rotor speed (up to 2000rpm) without vibrations in the tail boom. (I did have a vibration at 1800rpm that disapeared)
New landing gear, to get the 3DNT closer to horizontal, making take-offs and landings easier, specially for autorotations.
(I already upgraded the ones with * ). |
I went through a real trauma with it at first getting rid of the now famous 1750rpm vibe!
