Getting that perfect gear mesh between the pinion and the main gear can be quite the challenge. However it is not something to overlook the importance of. As too tight of a gear mesh can lead to premature gear wear and excessive heating which will cause the main gear to fail early. While on the… more »
So you’ve decided that you’re tired of paying twice the cost for a low quality bearing just because it has a brand name on it and are ready to venture in the world of buying your bearings by size and in a tad higher quantity. You find your favorite bearing website and are a bit… more »
The Blade 700X has a great TT gear design and plenty of robustness to it, but unfortunately the gear lash is a bit off. It was most prominent in the rear but still found in the front as well. Good news is this is easily remedied. If you remove the TT gear from the tail… more »
Like a lot of people I think the 90* tail control arm could be a bit more robust on the Blade 700X. Now I never had any issues in flight with the stock arm but it just seemed a bit flexible for my taste. What I did to fix this was take some two part… more »
So you might have heard the term swash plate phasing or maybe even seen it in your FBL system software but what exactly is it? Well swash plate phasing is the angle of relationship between the swash plate and the head. Why is it important. Swash plate phasing directly affects how the helicopter reacts when… more »
Dampers are one of those things that if you’re not crashing a lot and don’t take your spindle shaft out to replace it that can be very easy to overlook. The dampers in the picture above have well over 200 flights on them and should have been replaced a long time ago. You can actually… more »
A listener recently asked for a tech tip explaining gear mod, so I figured instead of just doing one topic, I’d hit all-things gearing! Enjoy, guys! So, what do gears do for us in our helis? A gear is a mechanical device that allows shaft power from one device – in our case, a motor… more »
This is an awesome trick that friend Leon Luke has shared with us. I don’t know about you guys but for me the worst part with replacing links is having to go back through and re-check your setup again. Well this trick virtually eliminates that. Using the Century Heli control rod setup gauge you can… more »
Here’s another cool little trick from friend Leon Luke for a 700n DFC. You can center the elevator A-arm perfectly by rotating it upward and resting it on the upper bearing block. The inside of the “A” will rest on the outside of the upper block and automatically shift the arm into a centered position…. more »
Here’s a great little trick that our friend Leon Luke and myself happen to use on our Trex helis. Despite what all the naming conventions happen to be there’s basically two heights of the more modern Trex 600 EFL Pro and Trex 700 series skids. What you can do is install a standard Trex 700N… more »