murankar
Staff member
I just got done with the rebuild of my tail assembly. What a difference the new tail blade grips made. I dont recall the originals being this smooth. I just hope I used enough thread locker. This time I used way less than at first. It seems like I didnt put any on but i did.
When I got the new grips in the first thing I did after opening was test the smoothness of the bearings. It did seem like there was just a hint of roughness in there. I confimed with a few soldiers who know about bearings and they also confirmed my hunch. I deceided to say wait and see. I got back to the room and I carefully took out the open bearing and applied to drops of oil on both sides, just to make sure. Reassembled the bearings and the grips spun really free.
Next I went through and tested all the moving parts for smooth operations and I discovered a couple of not so good parts. Took it apart and cleand them up reassembled and discovered I put it back together backwards. So I corrected it and boy what a difference that made.
I hope to see if this soves my tail wag issue. My swag is that the servo was trying to work too hard to correct the problem and ended up over correcting and recorrecting that. So we shall see in the next few days what happens and I will post the very first spool up. I hope I dont get to carried away and actually try and fly before I finish the adjustments.
Two more, maybe three parts to go and the heli will be compleatly rebuilt with a new electrical system.
When I got the new grips in the first thing I did after opening was test the smoothness of the bearings. It did seem like there was just a hint of roughness in there. I confimed with a few soldiers who know about bearings and they also confirmed my hunch. I deceided to say wait and see. I got back to the room and I carefully took out the open bearing and applied to drops of oil on both sides, just to make sure. Reassembled the bearings and the grips spun really free.
Next I went through and tested all the moving parts for smooth operations and I discovered a couple of not so good parts. Took it apart and cleand them up reassembled and discovered I put it back together backwards. So I corrected it and boy what a difference that made.
I hope to see if this soves my tail wag issue. My swag is that the servo was trying to work too hard to correct the problem and ended up over correcting and recorrecting that. So we shall see in the next few days what happens and I will post the very first spool up. I hope I dont get to carried away and actually try and fly before I finish the adjustments.
Two more, maybe three parts to go and the heli will be compleatly rebuilt with a new electrical system.
