..The sun is out!...Let's go FLYING....False alarm...
Heli-Log 6:28:2012
Posted 06-28-2012 at 12:36 PM by rcnut
Last night I finished working on my Trex 700N. I plugged the laptop into the Total-G and ran through the control setup…aileron, elevator, collective, tail end points… The aileron & elevator 11 degrees deflection was off…it was 7 degrees. The collective pitch was low as well. But now everything is back to normal.
I changed the bad link and made sure I couldn’t pop it off by hand! LoL… One of the Radix blades had a chip / nick on the bottom of the blade close to the tip. I filled it in with some thick CA. And while inspecting the rest of the blade, I discovered a scratch or crack at the leading edge by the blade grip. I looked at it using an eye-loop 30X magnification and really didn’t like what I saw. The crack appears to be deep enough, under the top clear coat. This “scratch / crack” is about 4 inches long.
My better judgment said to replace the blade, and that’s what I did. I had a spare blade the same length and type. Put both blades on a balancer and the replacement blade was ½ outside of the bubble line. I used some reflective tape to pull it back into balance. Now the Trex 700 is ready for more motor breaking-in fun.
The Zap-A-Dap-A-Goo was set up nicely on the Compass tank, so I installed the tank and performed a once over for the second time. The Compass 3D+ is finally ready for flight…motor break-in. I’ll have to put many flight on it to catch up with the Trex 700…that won’t take long.
I received the Boca replacement bearings for my YS 91 motor. And with the temps today in the 100’s…I’ll stay inside and strip down the YS 91 and replace both bearings. So when ever this hot weather breaks, I’ll have a lot of flying to get caught up on!
Our heli fun fly this weekend is going to be miserable, hot & humid.
I changed the bad link and made sure I couldn’t pop it off by hand! LoL… One of the Radix blades had a chip / nick on the bottom of the blade close to the tip. I filled it in with some thick CA. And while inspecting the rest of the blade, I discovered a scratch or crack at the leading edge by the blade grip. I looked at it using an eye-loop 30X magnification and really didn’t like what I saw. The crack appears to be deep enough, under the top clear coat. This “scratch / crack” is about 4 inches long.
My better judgment said to replace the blade, and that’s what I did. I had a spare blade the same length and type. Put both blades on a balancer and the replacement blade was ½ outside of the bubble line. I used some reflective tape to pull it back into balance. Now the Trex 700 is ready for more motor breaking-in fun.
The Zap-A-Dap-A-Goo was set up nicely on the Compass tank, so I installed the tank and performed a once over for the second time. The Compass 3D+ is finally ready for flight…motor break-in. I’ll have to put many flight on it to catch up with the Trex 700…that won’t take long.
I received the Boca replacement bearings for my YS 91 motor. And with the temps today in the 100’s…I’ll stay inside and strip down the YS 91 and replace both bearings. So when ever this hot weather breaks, I’ll have a lot of flying to get caught up on!
Our heli fun fly this weekend is going to be miserable, hot & humid.
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