Well hell! tail motor

[nighttrain06]

Well had the SR in the back yard started powering it up, noticed tail chopped some grass,
started to lift off, and then she started spinning like a top.....yep grass got into shaft area,
burnt tail motor up....luckily have a spare, am so tempted to throw the belt kit on, but really
want to see how she flies with the stock motor for a bit, since I am pretty much hovering the
thing right now....Reckon I'll throw the spare on since it'll only take a few minutes to do...
Rodney

[nbells]

Yep ..... the tail is not meant to cut your grass for you !

The brushes in the motors are really soft .... so If I was you change the motor. Its not worth taking the risk.

[Kelvin S]

Good thing it happened close to the ground!

I painted my tail rotor blades white, after flying this morning I noticed they were turning green at the tips...

[nighttrain06]

I was just amazed at how the grass just wrapped
right around and must have put a bunch of drag
on it quickly, because I shut it down pretty quick,
when I saw what was taking place....cleaned it out,
then fired her back up...she got about 3 inches off the
ground and started spinning out of control.....
One things for sure I get practice with quick throttle
hold!

[FAST EDDY]

I have a BRAND new SR

My Tail Motor Never even got thru a 1 minute break in on Low settings.

It is a really Bad Motor or it is a GOOD motor... Just depends on what you get...

Best of Luck

The Belt conversion is good. Just depends on what one you have. I have teh Large one with all aluminum tail gear etc. It has yet to have issues.

Ed

[nighttrain06]

Originally Posted by FAST EDDY

I have a BRAND new SR

My Tail Motor Never even got thru a 1 minute break in on Low settings.

It is a really Bad Motor or it is a GOOD motor... Just depends on what you get...

Best of Luck

The Belt conversion is good. Just depends on what one you have. I have teh Large one with all aluminum tail gear etc. It has yet to have issues.

Ed

So far this second motor holding out good, have a back up just in case...
I have the belt conversion kit that I plan on using on it soon, just enjoying flying it right now
and don't want to mess with it...I got it dialed in pretty good right now.

I just bought another one with a spare parts lot...where did you get your belt conversion
from?
Rodney