View Full Version : Light weight paddles- upgrades?
curriemart
03-11-2008, 03:54 PM
Looking to get the light-weight paddles but can't seem to find them as a seperate item to buy; I only see them as part of the upgrade kit including the cnc main grips, rotor grips,etc.(part 204500)
Anybody know where to obtain the paddles seperately?
Also - going to buy a couple of CNC metal items to upgrade. I don't want to buy just 'bling' so which items are going to make the heli fly better and are considered essential/good upgrades?
concept1
03-11-2008, 04:11 PM
the only essentials would be the CNC grips and elv arm, the rest is just bling, or parts we don't want to replace if we crash! ready heli has the paddles listed under parts not the Upgrades section.
curriemart
03-11-2008, 06:07 PM
Thanks for that. found the paddles (part no. 204734).
Is the elevator arm still an essential upgrade? I was reading that the original arm was a bit weak but that Gaui changed the design to make it stronger - is that correct?
I'm happy to buy the metal elevator arm if it is worthwhile.
I'll probably buy the metal grips - but is it necessary to buy the metal yoke (204676) to go with them or is it okay to fit them to the original plastic head?
concept1
03-12-2008, 08:31 AM
if you remove your elv arm and take a look at it, personally I don't trust even the new plastic part. for basic flying I am sure it's fine, but start running 2100+ head speed and running FFF and yanking back on the Elv, for the price of the Cnc, I'd get it! same with the yoke, I went with the metal, the plastic should be fine here, although I am sure it will wear over time, it is one of the cheaper parts in CNC, and it does look good. the arms look good but I don't beleive the CNC give any real gain and they are fairly high priced for what you get. I am still runnig plastic arms, I would get the cnc flybar cage before the arms again it is moslty for looks and ease of setup though
L0stS0ul
03-12-2008, 11:41 AM
For me I did the following upgrades:
1. Light Paddles
2. Light Tail Blades
3. CNC elevator crank (strength and get rid of offset)
4. CNC antirotation bracket (less stress on the elevator linkage and I have noticed it track a bit better in loops. Not a manditory upgrade but it's cheap so I did it)
5. CNC Flybar Cage (simply to ease setup)
6. Set of RCP 500mm CF mains. My stock woodies were very warped. These blades were perfectly matched.
Those are the only upgrades I've done so far and I'm happy with all of them. The only thing I'm looking to do now is upgrade the motor and I'm still researching that.
Video of my hurricane with these upgrades: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbbxzWO-dpY