HeliCSR
06-19-2008, 08:47 PM
For 5 years I have been chasing my glitching gyro tail on my Logo 20, my problem is worst than tailgunners and others that came up with the idea how to fix it.
My gyro would glitch a few times then full pyro of the heli would insue. Moving the rudder did not gain control, only landing the heli then the gyro would gain control.
I live where it is very dry most of the time, at first I did not think about belt static, but after reading tailgunner's post's AND this was the turning point, my LED flashing lights on the heli would burn out.
There is no way these lights can burn out unless they were hit with a static discharge, so I got some Tri-Flow at the hardware store, and sprayed in on the belt, now NO GLITCH NOTHING.
What everyone wants to know is how it works, that I can tell you. Forget grounding the boom the static is not on the boom, its on the belt.
What is really needed is anti-static belts for the logo's this is the fix in the long run, if this tri-flow loses it magic, how many flights can you get off one application of it? that is the question?
I can lose $2,500 if I am flying around, I only have not because I have been hovering 2 feet off the ground. The first time I flew my Logo I did not know about static and had to land the heli on my roof in FULL PYRO on my solar panels. BUMMER.
It comes down to this, rubber belt running on plastic pullys makes static, how much static depends where you live and the moisture in the air, some people don't have tail belt static that is because they have %40 percent moisture in the air all the time.
Take your heli somewhere else not knowing this and YOU RISK losing your bird.
Tri-flow or silicon lube on the belt works because to make static you need fricton, a lubed belt slip's into the cogg's of the pully teeth without fricton, thus there is no fricton no static build up, if there is enough moisture in the air, the air will also short out the build up of static.
What would be a double protection is true grafite lube, grafite conducts electric charges, thus no fricton and shorting of static charges at the same time.
As I said before an anti-static belt for the Logo's MUST be made to end this problem for good, else we all have to check if there is enough lube on the belt EVERYTIME we fly to ensure OUR helis come home in one piece.
My question to ALL is does anyone know where I can get an anti-static
belt for a Logo 20?????
Good luck to all of you.
My gyro would glitch a few times then full pyro of the heli would insue. Moving the rudder did not gain control, only landing the heli then the gyro would gain control.
I live where it is very dry most of the time, at first I did not think about belt static, but after reading tailgunner's post's AND this was the turning point, my LED flashing lights on the heli would burn out.
There is no way these lights can burn out unless they were hit with a static discharge, so I got some Tri-Flow at the hardware store, and sprayed in on the belt, now NO GLITCH NOTHING.
What everyone wants to know is how it works, that I can tell you. Forget grounding the boom the static is not on the boom, its on the belt.
What is really needed is anti-static belts for the logo's this is the fix in the long run, if this tri-flow loses it magic, how many flights can you get off one application of it? that is the question?
I can lose $2,500 if I am flying around, I only have not because I have been hovering 2 feet off the ground. The first time I flew my Logo I did not know about static and had to land the heli on my roof in FULL PYRO on my solar panels. BUMMER.
It comes down to this, rubber belt running on plastic pullys makes static, how much static depends where you live and the moisture in the air, some people don't have tail belt static that is because they have %40 percent moisture in the air all the time.
Take your heli somewhere else not knowing this and YOU RISK losing your bird.
Tri-flow or silicon lube on the belt works because to make static you need fricton, a lubed belt slip's into the cogg's of the pully teeth without fricton, thus there is no fricton no static build up, if there is enough moisture in the air, the air will also short out the build up of static.
What would be a double protection is true grafite lube, grafite conducts electric charges, thus no fricton and shorting of static charges at the same time.
As I said before an anti-static belt for the Logo's MUST be made to end this problem for good, else we all have to check if there is enough lube on the belt EVERYTIME we fly to ensure OUR helis come home in one piece.
My question to ALL is does anyone know where I can get an anti-static
belt for a Logo 20?????
Good luck to all of you.