best 450 pro flybar head

[scottkoblitz]

I have a EXI 450 pro that is completely upgraded to align accept the head and tail box. I have had bad luck with te exi heads. The main rotor blocks on 2 that I've had now wobble and the swash plate bearings like catch and bind in spots. I have all the best electronics align gears, bearings, and shafts, and tail blad gips. Carbon fiber align main and tale blades, and flybar paddles. So I want this thing to fly good after all the money I've put into it. I have a severe wabble because of the crooked main rotor hub that reaks havoc on my tail servo. It got better after upgrading to the spartan quark but the tail servo still gets hot. So my question is what is the best quality precision head/swash I can put on it? I'd prefer to get a complete head assy but I don't think align makes one. If Align is my best bet I will probably just get the main housing and swash. But is there any clones that are actually tolleranced like the real thing? I've heard good things about tarrot. I know they make a upgrade silver main rotor housing. What's the diff and has anyone tried this?
Thanks, Scott

[65L88]

You might give Tarot a try. I have a flybarred Tarot head on one of my 450 Pros and a flybarless Tarot head on the other, and they are both as good as I could ask for, except the headstopper button on one was drilled off center and wobbled. I put an EXI button on as a replacement and it's straight as an arrow. If you go this route, you might consider better bearings, though. I tend to replace bearings on all my new builds, even the Aligns. I've never been impressed with bearings on Align helis or any of the clones....

[scottkoblitz]

Is the main rotor housing suppose to be tight on th main shaft? Locked on like a vice or is it suppose to have a little play?

[nothinbetr2do]

delete. sorry, wrong thread

[shock]

I like this one:

http://www.xheli.com/450spmerohef.html

Best flybarred head I've used.

The feathering shaft has beefy lock nuts instead of screws.

[65L88]

Originally Posted by shock

I like this one:

http://www.xheli.com/450spmerohef.html

Best flybarred head I've used.

The feathering shaft has beefy lock nuts instead of screws.

Nice, but not a Pro style head...

[isogloss3d]

Originally Posted by scottkoblitz

Is the main rotor housing suppose to be tight on th main shaft? Locked on like a vice or is it suppose to have a little play?

A little play isn't the end of the world but ideally, my understanding is that, there should be none. My 450 sport rotor housing started as a snug fit but has developed a little play after a couple hundred flights and a number of crashes.

The only time I've experienced Vice-like fit with an align head is when trying to remove a bent main shaft after a crash.

[Rustynail]

Originally Posted by shock

I like this one:

http://www.xheli.com/450spmerohef.html

Best flybarred head I've used.

The feathering shaft has beefy lock nuts instead of screws.

I concur. I bought one for a friend it was great smooth, the action was glass like.(I know its not what your looking for).

I would buy Align or tarot. I have a Tarot sport with a few key ALign parts sprinkled in, flies the same to me as my Align sport.

[heliphlier]

I have purchased a tarot head for my practice 450 pro and the housing is like a vice I have put pliers on the shaft just to spin it in order to line up the bolt hole and as for getting it completely off or on it is a bear to do. My Align head does not have that issue other than that the Tarot head is of goo quality.