Metal tail blade grips for my 6HVU

[Rush fan]

I just acquired a 6hvu and switched out the plastic blade grips and tail pitch slider with Goblin 700 competition metal blade grips and pitch slider assembly. The blade grips are a perfect direct fit......the 6hvu bell crank needs a washer in between it and the base which you can see in the pic. you need it to clear the goblin tail pitch slider. On the goblin tail pitch slider you need to add a trex 500 swash ball to fit the 6hvu bell crank....the goblin balls are bigger. You probably could use the goblin bell crank but then you would need to change the ball or the ball links on the tail push rod. I opted to keep the 6hvu bell crank cause its metal. That's it. I prefer metal all around and don't think there is a compass option for it. It works flawlessly and got rid of the slight binding I was experiencing with the stock set up. I am not bashing it....I just prefer metal all around and do not mean to put down the stock grips

[Fauropitotto]

I actually have a spare tail grip set from my goblin. I've been very happy with the tail of the 6HVU, but it's good to know that if I plow it in, the SAB parts are compatible. Only downside is that metal can bend in a crash, and I find plastic much more forgiving when I get sloppy with keeping the tail out of the dirt.

Good find!

[Rush fan]

The stock beefy plastic grips are great just like to try out different things and it was a matter of having the competition metal grips at hand and curiosity to see if I could make them work on the 6hvu. The only negative is that they look really small compared to the bigger plastic grips. The positives are I don't have to mess with those spacers when changing blades and they are shiny metal lol. The original grips are in a bag and will be used in case I have a crash and mangle them or decide to sell the heli which I don't see happening in the near future.

[Raz0rSh4rp]

You are in luck as the new eXo grips will fit the 6HVU and are made out of aluminum. It will require a new tail shaft, but that is supposed to come after the eXo.

[Rush fan]

I actually put the plastic grips back on but kept the Goblin competition pitch slider. I just had to use bigger balls on the grips. I could not get the stock slider smooth enough without binding even after adding washers to the balls and messing with it for about an hour. The goblin pitch slider was the ticket, now it's so smooth it falls under it's own weight.

[HexagonX]

You use the tail blade grips from eXo

[cycled]

Originally Posted by Raz0rSh4rp

You are in luck as the new eXo grips will fit the 6HVU and are made out of aluminum. It will require a new tail shaft, but that is supposed to come after the eXo.

Why do you need a new shaft? I thought the eXo uses the same hub as the 6HVU?

[night wolf d]

Originally Posted by cycled

Why do you need a new shaft? I thought the eXo uses the same hub as the 6HVU?

That was my understanding too, direct replacement for both 6HVU and Chronos .
The whole tail assemble will hopefully be available with the release of the EXO not just in seperate parts I'm hoping !

[Jason O'Connell]

Originally Posted by cycled

Why do you need a new shaft? I thought the eXo uses the same hub as the 6HVU?

I may be wrong but i thought it would require a shorter shaft to use on the Chronos.