lots of stuff to mount

[truman]

Ok I have a predator max 90 and all of the goodies to go in it I have mounted my servos and the heli is all together but I have no idea how to mount the battery, regulator, reciever and all of the stuff on the front of the heli and there is nowhere to mount the gyro so I was wondering if someone could help me out pictures would be great! please include what stuff I should wrap in foam and all of that kind of stuff too.

thank you

Rob

[OHIOBOWHUNTER]

OK well i know nothing about the predator,but ill throw in my 2cents...first you need to temp. the goody's down ( i use rubber bands) to see where stuff " needs " to be in order to balance the heli, once you get this done you can move forward . as far as fasteners Velcro/Velcro ties/double side tape even big rubber bands sometimes. as far as placement of your gyro..depends on how its made..like the 401 is one unit that needs to be under the hood away from fuel residue (recommended for long life ) where as the 611 has a remote sensor that can be most anywhere (usually near the mainshaft) whilst its "brains " are safe under the canopy..important !!! keep you antenna route clean , and away from other wiring to keep glitches from happening !! protect it and get as much as possible outside heli,just dont let it cross over itself.. hope this helps some! be sure to look in the finnless archives for better info on this subject..heres pics of my rappy "under the hood "for some referencehttp://www.helifreak.com/easyaction/attach/jpg.gifhttp://www.helifreak.com/easyaction/attach/jpg.gifhttp://www.helifreak.com/easyaction/attach/jpg.gifhttp://www.helifreak.com/easyaction/attach/jpg.gifhttp://www.helifreak.com/easyaction/attach/jpg.gif

[truman]

thank you that is very helpfull now do I have to wrap each item individually in the white foam and can I mount the 401 direct to the heli with foam tape?here is a picture of the front of my predator.

[OHIOBOWHUNTER]

yea the 401 gets mounted w/tape(should have came with tape/metal Shields if you got it new ) i used zeal anti vibration pad to mount my 611 sensor(visible in pic) and as far as foam i wrap my receiver and if you look at pics the gv1 and the 611 "brain" are wedged with foam so that they are isolated from vibration and rubbing against each other..use common sense here as vibration / impact are hard on sensitive electronics...thats gonna be a nice bird :thumbup: your first ? POST PICS when its done !

[truman]

Its my first nitro I have an RC-TEC Phantom I will post pics when I get my Predator together I can't wait! I will have to go buy some foam to wrap my reciever

Rob

[OHIOBOWHUNTER]

that should be a real nice stable heli:thumbup: i want to retire my xcell 40 and get another next spring but , but cant decide on a 90 rappy 3D or a trex600n:roll: guess Ive got plenty of time to drool !:rolling

[truman]

I would go with the Trex lots of them out there but the Raptors are nice too I went with the predator because the price was right it is a nice heli as well but parts are hard to get local

[OHIOBOWHUNTER]

I really want an Aurora :thumbup: But have little hope that they will ever go into production before I get to old to fly !!:rolling