aluminum servo mounts are worth every dollar/ pictures

[scott s]

I have converted my 2 minis, however at the moment I am building a 6s mini for a fellow heli guy in our club. I figured I would take the oppurtunity to snap a few pics. I wish I had a decent video camera so you could see just how easy the mainshaft drops thru all three bearing blocks on it's own. No messin around either. I could never get the plastic servo holders to get this silky smooth particuarly thru the lower 3rd cnc bearing especialy and I messed for hours with them. The aluminum sevo blocks solved it and again no messing around either
Yes that is an ice lite 50 up in the nose.

[Herky]

Any crash survivablility/ unintended breakage issues with the metal blocks?
my plastic ones always desintegrate when I have a good crash...sometimes breaking a frame side too..

If it would SAVE rebuild time it would be worth it...alignment of shaft would be great too.

[SMJT]

I really want them but can't find them anywhere in the UK

[kjoer]

I tried mounting the Al. 3rd bearing block today doing a maintenance rebuild. Had some bad threads, disappointed. Needs tapping.

Went back to plastic. Aligning takes a bit of time, but the shaft pretty much falls through.

[scott s]

Originally Posted by kjoer

I tried mounting the Al. 3rd bearing block today doing a maintenance rebuild. Had some bad threads, disappointed. Needs tapping.

Went back to plastic. Aligning takes a bit of time, but the shaft pretty much falls through.

I keep 2m, 2.5m, 3m and 4m taps on hand. I chase all new aluminum parts prior to assembly and after a locktited screw is removed to clean out the old hardened locktite. I have dies to chase screws with to clean off locktite also but hardly use them as screws are cheap and I usualy have extras on hand

[desertstalker]

How much heavier are the Al mounts compared to the stock ones? I'm just curious...