Join Nick as he talks about the importance of proper mechanical setup, specifically servo geometry and its relation to today’s fbl systems. Ever wondered why you’re supposed to put that servo ball in that specific hole on the servo arm? How do you know which one to chose? We’ll cover all that in this episode…. more »
Here’s a little trick I found that is a pretty simple way to check for a bent tail hub. First, remove the set screw from the tail hub itself. Unclip your rear ball link from the tail rod and slide the entire tail hub and slider assembly off the tail output shaft. Rotate the tail… more »
I recently collaborated with Stefan from BeastX to help go through some of my previous recommendations in the Tuning Guide. I gained a lot of understanding on the parameters and found there were some definite cases of misunderstandings due to language barriers and wording in general. We discussed the differences in tuning large vs. smaller… more »
If you’ve ever stripped the gears on a BLS251 and look for the advertised replacement gearset you’ll notice that the advertised BLS251 gear-set come with the one metal output gear and are certainly not cheap. Because of so many plastic gears it’s highly unlikely that the metal output gear will get damaged. What you might… more »
If you’re having a problem with your Trex 600n starter cup spinning on the starter shaft then this one is for you. At some point along the lines Align redesigned the 600n starter shaft and the problem is they didn’t cut the detents for the two set screws deep enough into the shaft. When you… more »