ORIGINAL: dauphinak
Hi Peter
You are right. I will order the Turboshaft. Repairing the bent one will drive me stark raving bunkers! Here are some shots. The clean looking ones are the shots of the second-hand one I got through Trademe and the battered and bruised one is the one I bought new. Check out the nose job I have done on my chopper. Pretty grim! By the way, I am still waiting for a reply from the supplier of the bent shaft, not good.
Cheers
Hey again Alistair,
"Not good" is right. The only damage that I have encountered from post is when I sent a couple of parts to someone else and he emailed me a few days later saying that they were damaged. That was the last time I posted things without lots of bubble-wrap....
Order a [link=http://cgi.ebay.com/Esky-LAMA-V3-V4-Helicopter-Metal-Head-Upgrade-Parts-S_W0QQitemZ270356159889QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Co ntrol_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ef27b9d91&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14]metal upgrade set[/link] from ebay NOW (out of HongKong they are around NZ$15)
...OR by typing "lama upgrade" into the search line of ebay New Zealand and choosing one that (with postage) adds up to be the cheapest - or has free postage! (You don't need any of the other products that they try to flog off to your in their packages
)
That way it will arrive near the same time as your
Turboshaft and you can install the metal
swashplate at the same time - saving taking your bird apart twice! You can install the inner hub (in two parts) also - BUT
do not install the cnc blade grips![:@]
The story goes that I didn't heed the advice of an experienced flier (it would be a year ago now[sm=72_72.gif]), tried to run the blade grips WITH lots of threadlock thinking that would be OK ...They flew apart after a while with pieces everywhere - hitting the dog etc etc. It wasn't pretty
I'm thankful that I wasn't hurt, 'cause the head was spinning pretty fast at the time!! [The parts that actually "let go" their grip is the box-shape around the actual blade grip - it is screwed together with four pins.....]
Have you developed a successful and gentle way of landing that thing without tipping over yet?
Peter[sm=shades_smile.gif]