phaed
02-19-2006, 11:41 PM
i'm new, so forgive me if this has been posted before (i searched and didn't see it).
i screwed up my flybar building my raptor .50, and wanted to offer a tip to prevent it from happening to anyone else.
the manual is pretty vague, other than saying start from the bottom up. www.raptortechnique.com has some good tips on it, but i disagree with them on 1 point. they say you should put the flybar paddles on and adjust them to their correct position as the last step. i followed these directions and while trying to get the paddles in equal positions, stripped out the control arm's tightening bolts in their little notches. now, not only are the indentions stripped out, i cannot remove the control arms!
don't make this mistake. in fact, as your first step, grab your flybar and paddles seperate from everything else, and screw them on. grab 1 paddle in each hand and just keep rotating in opposing directions. you will probably hear some clicking, that's normal and just the bar working it's way into the paddle because the damned thing is too tight. be careful not to bend the flybar while doing this.
keep going until you see one in the "window". i call this the "fast" side. here's the crux of the problem, you'll get one in the window before the other one. if you follow the instructions, it's extremely difficult to get the "slow" side in the right position without twisting and over-stressing everything else. now, stick a flat tip screwdriver in the fast side window. keep turning and the "slow" side is forced to catch up.
keep going until you see the slow side well into the window. then back them both out, and repeat the until the tension is managable. leave the slow side in the window (you'll still need to adjust it a bit later, however). then take the "fast" side paddle off, and slide on all the components, and continue to follow the directions.
doing this first loosens up the threads enough to be managable when you assemble it, and won't overpower the locking bolts on the control arms.
i screwed up my flybar building my raptor .50, and wanted to offer a tip to prevent it from happening to anyone else.
the manual is pretty vague, other than saying start from the bottom up. www.raptortechnique.com has some good tips on it, but i disagree with them on 1 point. they say you should put the flybar paddles on and adjust them to their correct position as the last step. i followed these directions and while trying to get the paddles in equal positions, stripped out the control arm's tightening bolts in their little notches. now, not only are the indentions stripped out, i cannot remove the control arms!
don't make this mistake. in fact, as your first step, grab your flybar and paddles seperate from everything else, and screw them on. grab 1 paddle in each hand and just keep rotating in opposing directions. you will probably hear some clicking, that's normal and just the bar working it's way into the paddle because the damned thing is too tight. be careful not to bend the flybar while doing this.
keep going until you see one in the "window". i call this the "fast" side. here's the crux of the problem, you'll get one in the window before the other one. if you follow the instructions, it's extremely difficult to get the "slow" side in the right position without twisting and over-stressing everything else. now, stick a flat tip screwdriver in the fast side window. keep turning and the "slow" side is forced to catch up.
keep going until you see the slow side well into the window. then back them both out, and repeat the until the tension is managable. leave the slow side in the window (you'll still need to adjust it a bit later, however). then take the "fast" side paddle off, and slide on all the components, and continue to follow the directions.
doing this first loosens up the threads enough to be managable when you assemble it, and won't overpower the locking bolts on the control arms.