Tim oreilly
02-07-2008, 10:16 PM
I BOUGHT A BLADE 400.I LOVE IT.BUT I MUST MODIFY EVERYTHING.I WANTED AN ALUMINUM HEAD,BUT THEY DONT HAVE ONE YET.I ALSO HAVE A WALKERA DRAGONFLY 60 B.I WAS LOOKING AT THE HEAD,AND THOUGHT THIS WILL WORK.SO I STARTED TEARING INTO IT.IT ONLY TOOK 45 MIN TO MODIFY TUNE,AND GET IT FLYING.HERE IS HOW I DID IT .CUT THE MAIN SHAFT OFF ABOUT 3/8 OF AN INCH,SO THE FLY BAR BALL COULD TRAVEL TO FULL POSITIVE PITCH.I INSTALLED THE WALKERA SWATCH PLATE WITH NO CANGES TO THE LIKAGE COMING FROM THE SERVOS.THEN I INSTALLED THE NEW HEAD.I LENGTHEND THE CONTROL RODS THAT COME WITH THE HEAD.I DID THIS WITH THREADED ROD(LOCAL HOBBY STORE).I HAD TO REMOVE THE BLADE SPACERS.AND PUT SOME BRASS BUSHINGS IN THE HLES.I GOT THE BRASS BUSHINGS OUT OF AN OLD SET OF BLADES FROM MY WALKERA.I TUNED IT,AND FLEW IT.THE SENSITIVITY OF THESE HEADS IS ADJUSTED BUY MOVING THE BALL ENDS TO DIFFERENT HOLES INSTEAD OF USING SHIMS TO TAKE OUT THE SLOP.THE WALKERA DRAGONFLY 60,AND THE VENOMM NIGHT RANGER 3D XL ARE BASICLY THE SAME AIR FRAME.THE ASSEMBLED HEAD CAN BE BOUGHT AT hooobby.com FOR ABOUT 40 BUCKS.I ALSO INSTALLED THE SPECTRUM DSP75 DIGITAL TAIL SERVO,THE SERVO MUST BE REVERSED IN THE RADIO,AND ON THE GYRO.