Found yet another noob mistake. After much looking, thought and 1 suggestion I decided to replace the feathering shaft once again just in case it did in fact bend. I still have it until I get a chance to check for sure. While dismantling the blade grips I noticed that one side was sticking out just a bit to far. Once apart I found an extra set of closed bearing in one side and one set missing on the other. I fixed that with ease.
Next I wanted to be frugal and started stripping down the original blade grips of all that was good. In the process I managed to mount one of the old ones and noticed it was binding like mad. So I thought it was the new shaft and built another and still same thing. Then I thought I would try another grip and voila it was cured. I have since discarded all the old stuff that is worthless and kept all that was still useable. Now the heli sits as it dries and in the mean time; once the battery charges, I will shoot some stills of the final product.
After I was done with the replacement I went through and rechecked all the pitch angles. To my surprise nothing changed, 0* at mid stick and +-12*. I had to do some shortening of the swash links to get the -12* pitch, since I had more pitch than my gauge can measure; It maxes out at 12*. I also set the end points for my rudder channel, I had to go to 30% on both left and right to get rid of the play in the stick. I probably could go to 25% but want to test before I do. is there a point at witch I should not go below on end points?
