Rhino Gear Steel Motor Pinions?

[lildjloop]

does anyone use these motor pinions? i have just placed an order for a set of these and just want to know if these are reliable pinions.

thanks

[helijack]

I have the Rhino pinion on my 500. Works good for me. No problems yet. Seems quiter, too, but that may be just my imagination.

[Slyster]

Love the Rhino pinions! Have them in all my helis... they last forever.. and reallly run quiet.. you will notice a difference immediately.

[lildjloop]

are u running this pinion on the stock motor? if so what tooth are u running? im new to the 500 and im trying to get some ideas on what to run here.

thanks

[outhouse]

rhine=good=buy

500 stock motor=13T

[flybar-les]

rhino pinion all the way for me, the stock pinions look flimsy next to a rhino !!

i used a 13T on a stock motor/esc setup with flybar and 100% throttle, 6s 3000mah 30-40C lipo.

then i mounted a 1600Kv scorpion + 75A esc with flybar and 95% throttle same lipo as above.

now i went flybarless on the same setup and it seems that i need less throttle so i'm flying 85% throttle and i'm thinking of using a 12T pinion to go to 95 or 100% throttle(rhino pinion offcourse).

[outhouse]

if i had a stock 500 pinion I would wear it out first if possible. nothing wrong with the stock 500 pinions. if i needed a gear change then ya pop a rhine in from helidirect there pretty cheap there

if I had a brass pinion like on my old 450's then its great upgrade.

[trickybit]

Loved 'em on the 450... quieter indeed (than my worn stock pinion) last long time, no issues.

[Woody_99]

Is there a rhino pinion that fits the stock blade 400 motor? The one with the step in the shaft.

[Slyster]

Yes.. I used it on my old B400. I don't recall the shaft diameter though...

http://www.helidirect.com/advanced_s...2b174e&x=0&y=0

[Woody_99]

How did you deal with the step on the motor shaft? Did you use the pinion that fit the larger or smaller section?
Otherwise, I can't tell from the description on any of the Rhino gears that they are stepped.

[Slyster]

No.. any pinion with a grub screw works.. the flat is just for the grub screw.

[Woody_99]

On the Eflite motor shaft, the portion near the motor is a larger diameter than the diameter towards the end. The Eflite pinions have the same step in them.
I know what you mean about the set screw, but that's different than what I'm talking about.

[Slyster]

Hmmm... that different than my old B400's motor.. I just looked at it... the pinion on mine is the same diameter the whole way.. with just one little flat spot in the middle. I guess they changed the design.

[helifuel]

I have the rino on my copterx. no problems, and less noise.

[Starcruiser]

Rhino +1

The come in 3mm and 3.17mm from what I have seen and I have the complete set from 11t ~13T (2 of each )

[Tail boom]

Originally Posted by Starcruiser

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The come in 3mm and 3.17mm from what I have seen ...

That would mean they would not work on the new 3.5mm Align 430SP and 450M motors.

I use the Align hardened steel pinions on my 430SP, and just recently a pinion tooth broke off. However, I had flown that pinion on a motor with a broken bearing for a month. So that pinion got literally hammered millions of times, before it finally gave.

[Starcruiser]

look here I am not seeing a 3.5 for a 450 class motor, Align must be trying to specialize their parts.

http://www.helidirect.com/motor-pini...c-1_78_513.hdx

[fast400]

Originally Posted by Slyster

Yes.. I used it on my old B400. I don't recall the shaft diameter though...

http://www.helidirect.com/advanced_s...2b174e&x=0&y=0

i`d like to know which rhino gear you used on the stock blade 400`s 420 motor as well.
i bought every rhino gear, even the one`s that use to be in the blade400 part`s listings, none had the step down from the 3.17 to 2.3 that the 420 motor`s shaft has.

as far as are the gear`s good? so far so good, i`ve been running them about 6 month`s now.
are the quiter? havent noticed any difference in the sound, and i fly indoor`s every day.
now i have noticed ALOT of main gear dust all over the inside of the frame.
i use the proper 0.5 mod pinion`s.