V3 Main Rotor Housing

[Navman]

Has anyone tried the V3 main rotor housing yet?

http://www.readyheli.com/HS1296_Main...3_p/hs1296.htm

[ipjodan]

just ordered one today! My pins are bent on my rotor housing and i can not get them straight to save my life, this is causing some binding with the washout base. The V3 rotor head is cheaper than the V2 version aswell!!

This brings me on to the next question, when does a V2 become a V3, ive got the new links (HS1300), ive now got the new rotor head coming and im going to get the torque tube after pay day. Will my heli then be a V3?

[life2short1971]

I do not know but I thought heard issues with blade grips and links lining up w/V3 head? Anybody know?

[e30ernest]

Had no such issues. The V3 head comes with new extended ball links.

[life2short1971]

Ok..I didn't know.Thank you. I am also thinking about this upgrade.

[e30ernest]

No worries.

After the build I did find the grips a little tight. It's not notchy, but they don't rotate as freely as before. All the slop is gone thought. I never had my head this slop free ever. Maybe after running the heli the grips would free up a bit more. As of now, the flybar isn't pivoting as freely since the grips are more or less resisting.

[life2short1971]

If yoou are using your existing grips it shouldn't be any tighter feeling. Is it possible you didn't get your thrust bearings in correctlyt?

[e30ernest]

I'm pretty sure I put them back correctly, though it wouldn't hurt to double check I guess. However, there seems to be a much tighter tolerance on the new hub, so that could be the cause of the tightness.

[life2short1971]

Your feathering shaft is stationary for the most part. The grips pivot in opposite directions.The only real difference is you move the grips further apart. Thats my line of thought anyway. Thats why I don't think they should be any different.

[life2short1971]

Unless the new head is 10mm wider where the dampeners bottom out but the feathering shaft is 9mm longer or just a hair shorter than 10mm.

[e30ernest]

The grips appear to be more firmly seated to the spacers included with the hub. On my old hub, there was some up and down play of the grips on the feathering shaft. This one is rock solid. I'm running truebloods right now. I might try again with the new one-piece Align dampers supplied with the hub if the bearings turn out to be installed correctly.

[life2short1971]

Ok. I just put truebloods in my head. First time. Apparently one didn't seat properly and I had a nasty vibration. I thought it was the blades at first.They do make a big difference.

[life2short1971]

If they feel to firm rotating you might try sanding just a little bit off the end of each dampener equally.

[e30ernest]

Swapped out dampers, things are much looser now. A bit of the slop returned but it was nowhere as bad as it was on the old hub.

[life2short1971]

I guess the truebloods are just a hair longer.Shouldn't hurt anything.

[e30ernest]

I'll go check out my other truebloods. This set might have just been a bit off.

[ipjodan]

I just installed mine today, im running trueblood red dampers. The new collars in the V3 kit are thinner than the V2 collars. Did you use the new collars or the old ones? I also agree that this is the most slop free head (in the grip part) ive had. Cant wait to see how it flies.

[e30ernest]

Yes I used the new thinner spacers. I haven't tried yet with my other set of Truebloods. Those might work better.

[heli-on]

I installed the used red Trueblood dampeners from the V2 block. I wonder how the green will do?

I think the new head makes better blade farts with the 325D's. If the disk is a little bigger, wouldn't this be a natural side effect? My cyclic seems slower but it's probably in my (own) head. Never tached my headspeed, but it's up there on a 14T pinion.

Defnitely the tightest I've seen my 450's head, too.