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BladeCXMan
10-11-2006, 09:00 AM
Just thought I'd send in some pix of a few little tweaks I've done to my CX recently that's made it into a totally different animal as far as how it flies.
I'm replacing out most of the plastic with aluminum and this has greatly improved it's stability and performance. Particularly the aluminum swashplate. The swiss-cheesing treatment to the 4-in-1 case does really inprove stability and reduce unwanted heading drifts. I'm still reluctant about going to the metal blade holders, I've got too many standard replacement blades and hate to start buying the new type blades which are more expensive and rot available at my local hobby shop.

HeliDan
10-11-2006, 09:42 AM
Strrange. The photos dont show up for me.......

WillJames
10-11-2006, 01:27 PM
They are Tiff format. Please convert them to jpg and everybody can see.

THank you,

Xrent
10-17-2006, 10:12 PM
Why does cheesing the 4-in-1 (drilling holes) help improve stability.

HeliDan
10-17-2006, 11:18 PM
Why does cheesing the 4-in-1 (drilling holes) help improve stability.

My first thought would be temperature. Drilling holes in the plastic case allows airflow, therefore cooler electronics. Heat is the enemy of all electronics.

Xrent
10-18-2006, 06:28 PM
Could heat cause some glitches ?

HeliDan
10-18-2006, 08:00 PM
Could heat cause some glitches ?

Sure. When some ICs get too hot they will begin folding back their outputs or doing a thermal shutdown, or even worse they can run away, out of control.
Cool electronics are happy electronics!