E-sky Belt CP CX

sude · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:43 am Post subject:

You said it mates! We all feel like 18! and it's a great feeling right? Very Happy

Hey that is a good idea, most of the time I am groping on the ground with a magnet looking for lost screws.

You are right chopper this is a great forum with a lot of guys out there ready to help. Smile

sude

chopper54 · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:25 am Post subject: post subject

working on the floor is a method i find works well. the problem starts when the job is done and i need to get up again.
i am just wondering what the wife would say if she caught me using a towel under a heli repair. she thinks ive gone mad anyway because of the helicopters.

FlyDoc · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:17 am Post subject:

Of course, then you have to find then in among the loops! Not easy for those of us who need high + correction for close up.

I wonder: would one of those "driveway sweeper" magnets would serve to police up the little metal bits?

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good flight!

Doc
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sude · Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:56 am Post subject:

Hi Friends,

A quick note to wish you folks a very happy Christmas and of course Happy Hovering! Laughing

sude

sude · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:27 pm Post subject:

Hi Friends,

I am now in the process of repairing the heli. Since I have no ready access for spares I am turning out my own!

Now the tail boom I have made is heavier than the original as the tube wall thickness is almost double. No doubt this will make it tail heavy. Therefore I will have to re-balance the heli, I presume hanging it from the main shaft without the rotor head assembly.

My question to the forum is when balancing what should I aim for, absolute level or a slight nose down attitude?

By the way I was able to obtain 5mm and 3mm SS rods which are bang on for the main shaft and feathering shaft. Laughing

Any advice will be great, thanks.

Sude

chopper54 · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:19 am Post subject: post subject

hi sude
i read a post on helifreak about a guy that made a tail boom from a hollow knitting needle and somebody else used a carbon fibre arrow shaft. some people are very inventive when repairing their machines.

tombo242 · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:40 am Post subject:

Hi sude,

I always aim for dead level, but a little nose heavy is better than tail heavy if you are flying in wind.

Tom.
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sude · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:30 am Post subject:

Hi Friends,

Thanks for the quick replies Chopper54 and Tom appreciate it. I think I will go for slight nose heavy like I used to on my airplanes.

Friends remember I started this discussion because of the bad vibes I had with about 30% throttle? Now as I said I replaced the main shaft with SS rod I bought and spun the rotor for the full range of the stick NO VIBES! I now believe the main shaft would have been slightly bent EX-FACTORY.

I read some thing to this effect in another discussion (can not remember under what topic). This is some thing to watch out for if some one has got a bad case of vibes on an out of the box machine.

Sude