View Full Version : The Kasama head
EricW
08-06-2007, 02:16 PM
Today I received my Kasama upgrades. :D
Great piece of CNC Machining, looks perfect.
If people are interested I can make some Photographs of the assembly steps.
Eric
BarracudaHockey
08-06-2007, 02:40 PM
Its good stuff I just did mine a few weeks ago.
http://www.kasama.com has a great build guide for the head.
EricW
08-06-2007, 03:06 PM
Oh Great,
Not nessesary to go through the build steps than, I thought i had to figure it out myselve
I'll just post some pics.
The Kasama site is offline btw.., , someone saved that manual?
Eric
doeni
08-06-2007, 04:59 PM
Well i canīt find one on the Kasama Site, just one for the Raptor 50 Upgrades.
Eric, pls still do pictures and a guide if you want i am really interested in that head...
thanks
Daniel
LITHIUMSTATIC
08-06-2007, 05:45 PM
me too.
fire_paramedic
08-06-2007, 09:36 PM
What do you all think about the head after flying it? Where did you get them? Straight from kasama.com or here in the states? thanks
EricW
08-07-2007, 03:40 PM
Here is the result.
Feels very solid, no play and very smooth.
Tonight I'm going to optimize the ccpm and tracking.
And fly it as soon as i can :)
I'm happy!
Eric
fire_paramedic
08-07-2007, 07:00 PM
Man that sure looks good. let us know how its flys with that new head, got a few questions for ya.
Where did you order yours from?
What kind of blades are those? they look great, how do they fly?
Thanks
LITHIUMSTATIC
08-08-2007, 02:14 AM
EricW.... Thats really nice looking but I want to know how well it performs. Please give me a full flight review after you sort it all out. Can't wait to hear!!!
EricW
08-08-2007, 07:06 AM
Cause i live in the Netherlands I got it from http://www.rcmarket.org/ (Kasama distributor in Europe).
The blades are the official TT carbon blades, bought them at my LHS 2 months ago i believe.
I had tracking problems with them so i had to upgrade the arms anyway, therefore i decided to order the complete Kasama head.
So to say the TT carbons fly great is a little hard when your tracking is going nuts :)
Hope it's spot-on now.
I'm still a beginner when it comes to flying a heli so i'll try to give my best opinion on how it all feels now, wish i could give a expert flying opinion allready ;) but when there's a difference i'll let you know.
Eric
BarracudaHockey
08-08-2007, 11:09 AM
goto Kasama.com and click on Download. There's an assembly manual thats in bot English and german.
It flys very solid. The pitch range is wild if you're into that.
Machine work is top notch.
Dont fly your blades very tight or it will wobble.
Worth every penny IMHO
EricW
08-08-2007, 01:16 PM
Hi Andy,
Thanks for the tip.
For some reason i can't connect to Kasama.com??
Maybe my Internet provider's fault, i don't know.
Guess i assembled it right, cause it wasn't that hard at all.
They pre-installed the balls wrong on one mixer arm IMO, they should be on the inside on both arms, If you look at the picture in my first post you can see the arm in the bag :)
They did apply loctite btw.
The griparms are tilted slightly up as shown in the Photograph
I used the stock dampers, featheringshaft+washers and 1 set of collars (BK1079) and the linkrods ofcourse.
The fly-bar setup was a bit hard with the two separate arms, to get the flybar centered and the paddles aligned.
The CCPM mixing looks perfect now.
Eric
BarracudaHockey
08-08-2007, 01:39 PM
I think the big thing is not to install the delta arms on the grips till you heat up the grips and install the bearings otherwise you are just going to liquify the locktite you just applied.
Send me your email address and I'll email you the pdf if you want it.
LYNKKK
08-08-2007, 01:52 PM
I love the Kasama head, I was getting boom strikes from doing Chaos/Piro flips, I even chopped off my tail onces about 50 foot up,.....................it dropped like a dead bird. Before getting the Kasama head I would also wear out the stock plastic head and the red dampners, and now I havent changed the dampners in a long time. The Kasama head clamps onto the shaft tight so there is no more slop.
EricW
08-08-2007, 02:10 PM
I think the big thing is not to install the delta arms on the grips till you heat up the grips and install the bearings otherwise you are just going to liquify the locktite you just applied.
Send me your email address and I'll email you the pdf if you want it.
E-mail adress PM' ed (thanks)
Mine came with the bearings and delta arms already installed.
BarracudaHockey
08-08-2007, 04:17 PM
hehe...um.......as Eric pointed out in his email........
I was talking about the Raptor 50 head. Sorry, I surf by most recent posts and just saw the Kasama in the header, not the fact we were in the electric forum....
But since we are, I have a mini titan waiting to be built :)
EricW
08-08-2007, 04:40 PM
:lol:
Build it!! :)
You'll Love it, i'm sure.
Eric
Tradhunt
08-09-2007, 11:50 AM
with the Kasama head do you still have to use spacer's for non TTR blade's ...like Radix,V's,etc.
EricW
08-09-2007, 11:59 AM
No :),
The TT carbons needed a 1mm (or 2x 0.5 mm) spacer in the stock plastic grips, I believe that's the same for Radix and others.
My carbons fit perfect in the Kasama grips without spacers.
Eric
ngkimlong
08-09-2007, 12:03 PM
mine is in the post office right now. tomorrow i will have it! can't wait.
tracerbob
08-09-2007, 01:46 PM
Is it possible to order directly from Kasama? I can't seem to find any of dealers in the U.S. that carry it yet.
fire_paramedic
08-09-2007, 07:40 PM
Is it possible to order directly from Kasama? I can't seem to find any of dealers in the U.S. that carry it yet.
Yes you can order direct. i did today. shipping was 24.00
Just use the contact page on their site and response is pretty quick.
tracerbob
08-09-2007, 10:10 PM
Cool, thanks!
Rocket Man
08-10-2007, 07:55 AM
Is it possible to order directly from Kasama? I can't seem to find any of dealers in the U.S. that carry it yet.
Try Grand RC. They have them in stock for $200.00 and free shipping. Mine is finally on the way.
BTW - They are also one of the few dealers that regularly stock E-Raptor frame parts.
I get top notch service from them.
Ron
tracerbob
08-10-2007, 08:23 AM
Try Grand RC. They have them in stock for $200.00 and free shipping. Mine is finally on the way.
BTW - They are also one of the few dealers that regularly stock E-Raptor frame parts.
I get top notch service from them.
Ron
You must be talking about the Raptor 50 head. I bought one of those a few weeks ago for $200.00. Their website does not show the mini titan head.