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Okay I'm going to do exactly that. I'll just play with the servo arm position until I get the throws as close to equal as I can and see how it flies. I really don't understand using so little of the servo's potential. It's probably less than half. My guess is you're right and it will fly just...

Do you mean the plastic links between the pitch slider and the blade grips? I have to admit they do look kindof small. This is the Gartt 450l kit direct from Gartt. You probably already know this but it's supposed to be identical to the HK Assault heli. I looked at the exploded diagram for the...

I finally got back to my heli today and still have this tail problem to solve. I decided to upload two pictures of the tail pitch control arm at its maximum throws. Does this look normal to you? It looks very short to me, and compared to my trex clone it's about half of the throw.

Is there any actual difference between main blades for FBL vs. Flybar? I keep seeing blades selling as flybarless. I thought all 3d blades have symmetrical airfoils. Is the only difference stiffness? I put a pair of carbon blades on my old Trex clone with flybar head, I assume that's okay. Also...

I have a V950 heli for sale. It has no damage and is not crashed. It had a bad servo that has been replaced. It is the complete package with transmitter, battery, charger, extra parts including main shaft, linkages and maybe others. Asking $90 OBO plus $10 shipping to anywhere in the USA...

That could be. All will be told when I look with the scope. The bec is running on 15 volts putting out 6 volts and it's a Castle 10 amp BEC. It still could be what you say. The weird thing is it only happens on channel 3. It's like the collector on the output transistor is weak. I wish I had a...

Yeah I've been thinking exactly what you said. I ordered a new tail gear/shaft and we'll see in 2 months when it gets here from china. Maybe it wont take that long but I'm not holding my breath. In addition to that I am beginning to think that the Kbar is faulty. One of the servo channels fails...

Well here is a picture of the tail servo with it set to it's center position. As you can see I'm using a short horn and I have the ball in the innermost hole. I'm beginning to think I should go through the entire setup procedure again and see what happens. The only thing that could shorten the...

I'll shoot and post pictures of the servo this evening when I get home.

I forgot to add about the above pictures that the first three are of the pitch very close to zero. The last two are of the maximum pitch in each direction. I would have posted these sooner but I experienced a bit of Christmas interuptus.

Okay here are some pretty poor photos of the tail mechanics. Most are from the bottom of the tail hardware because it sows the most relevant detail. The last two show the control arm at it's extreme of movement from one pitch extreme to the other. I've looked at this and I can't see how it could...

I didn't assemble the tail unit it was done at the factory. I also looked for errors but I can't see any other way the thing could have been assembled. I can take pictures though. I'll try to do that this evening. I have to admit that this really threw me when I saw how small the travel was in...

My description wasn't very clear. I'm getting TOO MUCH travel (deflection) of the servo arm. The tail pitch control arm only moves a few degrees from full pitch in one direction to full pitch in the other direction. The servo tries to move it TOO FAR so it binds at each extreme. There are two...

Setting up the Kbar went okay until I got to the tail setup. The problem is that the tail pitch control arm only moves a very short distance. I looked at the mechanics and it all seems fine. In the setup program I had to move the sliders almost all the way to 40% but the instructions say it...

I think you're right. When I reread the articles at Mikado I realized they were talking about helis that were going to be or were converted from flybar heads. It's fairly obvious that these are old problems that have been addressed in newer versions of the electronics. You have to understand...

My Kbar hasn't arrived yet but I have some thoughts I would like to express here after doing some reading. The Mikado site has allot of very good information on it. They even show setups were there are different voltages on the tail servo and cyclic servos. This is an excellent idea. According...

Okay, I'll do it. Kbar should arrive in 3 - 4 days. I'll post then.

Not to butt in but it would be easy to find out. When I get my kbar mini in a day or two I'll open the case and look at the traces. I can tell you how much current they can handle. I have a meter that measures siemens which is the reciprocal of resistance. Anyway it wont be difficult to find out...

It would be very simple to solder a wire inside the gyro to allow more current to get to the servos. An external jumper would also be easy to build if you know how to solder. For me this is all moot because I'm building a 450 class heli. I'm sure the current problem is due to the size of the...

I'll be using a Futaba R617FS receiver so I don't have to worry about any satellite receivers. I was thinking of getting a Hyperion 8 channel receiver so I could run everything at 7.4 volts, but I decided the extra $40 isn't worth it just to get another 100th of a second out of the servos...