New blade grips

[flag8r77]

This may be obvious to everyone, but I recently ordered new blade grips and only replaced one of them....little did I know that the new one is completely different than the stock one. Just a heads up in case you replace one of them. (This may be why my tracking has been driving me nuts lately)

[henrik04]

Perhaps changing both to : http://www.infinity-hobby.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=32_102&products_id=1590
will let you forget about blade grips. $27.

Or where you thinking to save $22 and continue to use plastic grips?

[ghtracey]

A lot of people like to use plastic grips. They provide a first line of defense, often breaking before damage can be caused to other metal head components. The saving of $22 is not the issue, instead the issue is the saving of the cost of a headblock, seesaw, mixing arms, washout arms, mainshaft, ....... etc.

[JiriK]

A lot of people like to use plastic grips. They provide a first line of defense, often breaking before damage can be caused to other metal head components. The saving of $22 is not the issue, instead the issue is the saving of the cost of a headblock, seesaw, mixing arms, washout arms, mainshaft, ....... etc.

Has someone actually saved a MiniTitan mainshaft when using plastic grips?
I crashed my MiniTitan maybe 5 times before installing all metal head (everything except swashplate)
and broke only two blade grips, but mainshaft was bent every time.

My personal bending record: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~jikuuk/Images/Akseli.JPG
That´s actually a Trex mainshaft, but some MiniTitan shafts have looked quite the same..

[flag8r77]

how did you get that thing out of the heli?

[henrik04]

Has someone actually saved a MiniTitan mainshaft when using plastic grips?
I crashed my MiniTitan maybe 5 times before installing all metal head (everything except swashplate)
and broke only two blade grips, but mainshaft was bent every time.

My personal bending record: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~jikuuk/Images/Akseli.JPG
That´s actually a Trex mainshaft, but some MiniTitan shafts have looked quite the same..

Well you aren't alone! I use to break often the grips and other things such as mixing arms. Of course the main shaft, 150 T gear went each time the heli had a misfortune.

Funny enough so used to brake the plastic grips, I bought two sets of the metal ones. One set has never being use! With all metal when there is a 'pilot error' generally the links snap and go flying but the metal is intact.

Regarding the main shaft is I guess the 'weak point'. This is probably why you can buy them ten at a time for a lesser amount ($5.50 each)
http://www.infinity-hobby.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=32_92&products_id=1981

But as someone else said very justly, something has to give if extreme stress is present.

[JiriK]

how did you get that thing out of the heli?

I used the Force.
Plenty of it... :)

Well you aren't alone! I use to break often the grips and other things such as mixing arms. Of course the main shaft, 150 T gear went each time the heli had a misfortune.

Funny enough so used to brake the plastic grips, I bought two sets of the metal ones. One set has never being use! With all metal when there is a 'pilot error' generally the links snap and go flying but the metal is intact.

Regarding the main shaft is I guess the 'weak point'. This is probably why you can buy them ten at a time for a lesser amount ($5.50 each)
http://www.infinity-hobby.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=32_92&products_id=1981

But as someone else said very justly, something has to give if extreme stress is present.

Yes.. Energy has to go somewhere.

That TT main shaft is quite expensive compared to some cheap Trex shafts.. one guy at my field has bought some $1-2 Trex main shafts.. $1-2 vs $5.5 is a lot.

I (and LHS) was out of MiniTitan main gears, so I modified a Trex450SE V2 main gear hub to fit MiniTitan.
1-way bearing had to be moved and turned around (don´t remember exactly..)
Now just screw driver is needed to replace main gear. TT original construction needed a bearing puller to push that 1-way bearing block from gear to another.

I managed to bend aluminium blade grip also..
That arm where the link ball is was a bit bent. But I bent it back. Why does it have to be so long?

Once after a crash I found only two link rods still connected to the rotor head. Rest had flown off.
I found all but one later..