How can I keep my tail blades off the ground?

4n6days · 03-19-2010, 08:53 AM

I'm running KBDD tail blades and they stick out about 1mm below the vert stab. I had a ping pong ball glued on there before, but I'm ready for a less silly looking solution. Ideas? Solutions?

Daman691003 · 03-19-2010, 09:02 AM

change the tail blades... or make a 500 tail fit fit on and dremel it down to size just guesses i have never done it.....

lildjloop · 03-19-2010, 09:03 AM

flying the heli keeps the blades off the ground.

snjbird · 03-19-2010, 09:42 AM

Wrench 54 · 03-19-2010, 09:45 AM

Take a old flybar/pushrood/piece of pianio wire as small of dia needed and bend you an extendtion and att it to the tail fin, I would probley also bend a 90 at the upper part and drill a small hole in the fin and put it in the hole then use thread with ca/expoxy and wrap the wire to the fin nice and neat to give it strength sand it and paint over it to make look nice, most would just buy a larger fin and go that route-----Wrench

jockstrap · 03-19-2010, 11:00 AM

You could use a 450 pro stabilizer - they are a bit longer than the V1/V2 ones as the pro tail blades are a fraction longer.

But I had pro tail blades on my V2 and they still were not longer than the stabilizer?

Why do you need such long tail blades ???? why not use standard ones and avoid all the issues? After all, the top 3D pilots were using them fine not long ago so I really can't see the need for such long blades unless you want to give Mr A.Szabo a 3D challenge ...

markleyland · 03-19-2010, 05:55 PM

I use low profile gorilla gear on the front and regular on the back which keeps the tail in the air and looks pretty cool too.

jondbennett · 03-19-2010, 05:58 PM

If you have any of the little frame spacers that go between the outer and inner frames, you can put a couple under the back landing struts between the struts and the frame.

Actually, any little spacer will do. Also, it does not take much.

Andy01 · 03-20-2010, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markleyland

I use low profile gorilla gear on the front and regular on the back which keeps the tail in the air and looks pretty cool too.

+1 - the GGs work well, and are pretty close to indestructible.

Colin

dropem05 · 03-23-2010, 08:40 PM

A few guys I fly with put T-rex 500 skids on thier 450's to keep thier tail blades out of the grass. I believe you just drill a couple of new holes in the struts. It makes the whole heli sit a couple of inches higher. It looks pretty cool too. Give that a shot. I am about to get some for mine as well.

03-19-2010, 08:53 AM	#1
4n6days Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: West Chester, PA	How can I keep my tail blades off the ground? I'm running KBDD tail blades and they stick out about 1mm below the vert stab. I had a ping pong ball glued on there before, but I'm ready for a less silly looking solution. Ideas? Solutions? __________________ "For in six days, the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is" --Exodus 20:11 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03-19-2010, 09:03 AM	#3
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03-19-2010, 09:42 AM	#4
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03-19-2010, 11:00 AM	#6
jockstrap Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia	You could use a 450 pro stabilizer - they are a bit longer than the V1/V2 ones as the pro tail blades are a fraction longer. But I had pro tail blades on my V2 and they still were not longer than the stabilizer? Why do you need such long tail blades ???? why not use standard ones and avoid all the issues? After all, the top 3D pilots were using them fine not long ago so I really can't see the need for such long blades unless you want to give Mr A.Szabo a 3D challenge ... __________________ DX7 Mode-1 \| T-Rex 250 \| EP200 V2 \| Tricopter \| Quadcopter 450 pro 6s fbl \| 450 pro beastx \| Schweizer 300C Gasser Scale \|T-Rex550e vbar \| Aeolus 50 beastx HeliX T-Rex700 fbl Gasser beastx \| HWC600 321puh Gasser fbl sk540\| Henseleit TDR vbar

03-19-2010, 05:55 PM	#7
markleyland Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colchester, UK	I use low profile gorilla gear on the front and regular on the back which keeps the tail in the air and looks pretty cool too. __________________ "Sort your head out and fly with your heart" Trex 450 SE V2: 9257 tail, Spartan Quark, HS65mg cyclic, DX7-AR7000, NEU 1107h/2y, Jazz Esc, Trex 550 FBL: Jive 100+LV, KDE/NEU 1907H/1/N42, Vbar 5.3, Futaba BLS 251

03-19-2010, 09:02 AM	#2
Daman691003 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bellingham ma	change the tail blades... or make a 500 tail fit fit on and dremel it down to size just guesses i have never done it.....

03-19-2010, 09:45 AM	#5
Wrench 54 Registered Users Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jax. Fl.	Take a old flybar/pushrood/piece of pianio wire as small of dia needed and bend you an extendtion and att it to the tail fin, I would probley also bend a 90 at the upper part and drill a small hole in the fin and put it in the hole then use thread with ca/expoxy and wrap the wire to the fin nice and neat to give it strength sand it and paint over it to make look nice, most would just buy a larger fin and go that route-----Wrench

03-19-2010, 05:58 PM	#8
jondbennett Team Taco Member My HF Map location Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Athens, Ohio	Spacers If you have any of the little frame spacers that go between the outer and inner frames, you can put a couple under the back landing struts between the struts and the frame. Actually, any little spacer will do. Also, it does not take much. __________________ Jon Bennett (AMA #836296) T-Rex 450S CF: HKII 2221-8, BL35G, GY520, HS65MGs, R617FS, Futaba 7CH (2.4) Align Metal Head/Tail, Align 325 woodies, 1191s K&Bs, S9257 Planks: US Aircore Trainer 40, Acromaster, Tiger 2 Kit, RealFlight G5

03-23-2010, 08:40 PM	#10
dropem05 Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fort Worth,TX	A few guys I fly with put T-rex 500 skids on thier 450's to keep thier tail blades out of the grass. I believe you just drill a couple of new holes in the struts. It makes the whole heli sit a couple of inches higher. It looks pretty cool too. Give that a shot. I am about to get some for mine as well. __________________ MCX, Lama v4-xtreme,Guru Z fixed pitch belt drive-brushless, Honey Bee King2 brushless -xtreme and Align parts. HK450, EXI 450,HK500,T-rex 500

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