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ORIGINAL: mnemennth
Kozzy -
A quick post-crash or periodic check (pretty much any time you have the blades off) of your feathering shaft is this:  take an appropriately sized hex driver and turn the screw in the end as if you were tightening it. It will spin the whole shaft; as it does, watch your blade grips. If either of them wobble, bent feathering shaft.
mnem

Yeah, good tip.  Speaking of FS's, the shafts on the mcpx suck bigtime, I'm sure they are made of butter.  I rekon they bend just spooling the heli up.  Got some different ones coming from oomodel, hopefully they are stronger.  Might need to make an mcpx shaft straightener.

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ORIGINAL: bigpapa1272

Hello all.....this is one of the best threads i have seen in a long time.....i have gotten a hk450gt from hoobyking and was wondering which align parts yall would recommend replacing for the cheaper ones......also if yall could tell me which 450 trex manuel is for the gt i would appreciate it greatly.....most of the stuff is going together great but i dont know what length to set the linkages to and all.....thanks in advance for yalls help......i am looking to get better before i buy the real deal....(trex 500 or 600).....but want to get good at aleast getting around before i do anything else.....bp

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ORIGINAL: Kozzy_98

A tad off topic...

I found this video on youtube of Bobby Watts doing some autos. I found this one interesting because it wasn't the mindless throwing around that you normally see, but some very interesting ways of how to do a "dead stick landing."

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thanks mnem....do you know where i can get a complete bearing set for tarot or align so that i can go ahead and replace all of them at once....i would rather do that so as to save me the headache of tearing it down again....also if you could recommend a good motor and esc....i am trying to keep the money factor down....so turnigy or the like would be good.....thanks bigpapa

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thanks mnem....do you know where i can get a complete bearing set for tarot or align so that i can go ahead and replace all of them at once....i would rather do that so as to save me the headache of tearing it down again....also if you could recommend a good motor and esc....i am trying to keep the money factor down....so turnigy or the like would be good.....thanks bigpapa

Not sure what your skill level is or if you have flown before but if your just learning then trust me you'll be tearing it down soon and often enough.  rcscrews do a full bearing kit but you can buy a second 450gt kit for the price of the bearings and I don't think it's worth it at this point.  If your just learning then learn on the cheap stuff and replace as required.  Most of the HK bearings are ok but I would replace the tail grip bearings at a minimum and get a good drop of oil on them, I use fishing reel oil...some swear by labelle 107.

I can highly recommend the turnigy plush 40amp esc and also the H2218 (red/ silver one or the black one) both from hobbyking. I have this combination on two 450 PRO's with hundreds of flights and they are a good combination with plenty of grunt. An 11 or 12 tooth pinion with this combination is a good start.

Hope that helps.

Jonesy

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ORIGINAL: ingleburn

With all this talk of bearings, parts and HK 450 GT's I thought I would take the old FB'd one out today and give it a run.
What an adventure. It was so weird to fly and hard to control. Almost crashed it a few times and decided after 2 packs to bring it in and retire it.
The FBL GT has a few vibration issues I cant solve so Im going to transplant the gear onto the other one as its as smooth as silk.

So as of now Im officially FB free. Wish I didnt have so many spares for it or I would buy a Tarot pro kit and retire the GT altogether.

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ORIGINAL: rikybob

@ All - Finally put the Lurgy aside a bit and flew!

Hope all is well in your worlds!!

b

PS Welcome aboard bigpapa!!

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@ All - Finally put the Lurgy aside a bit and flew!

Hope all is well in your worlds!!

b

PS Welcome aboard bigpapa!!

Male Lady!

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ORIGINAL: rikybob
@ All - Finally put the Lurgy aside a bit and flew!
Hope all is well in your worlds!!
PS Welcome aboard bigpapa!!

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@ All - Finally put the Lurgy aside a bit and flew!
Hope all is well in your worlds!!
PS Welcome aboard bigpapa!!

Firstly..... glad your feeling better.  Our 13 year old minature fox terrier has just been diagnosed with diabeties a few weeks ago, so we have to give him insulin every time we feed him. He got really bad before we got to the problem but he's bounced back ok.

Yah, perkin' up every day. I am on a new med regime as of this afternoon and my Monday will know if it works. Yah, I have a whole pretense that I don't think humans were supposed to live as long as we do. Case in point is that the indigenous Indians that lived right where I'm typing died at around 24 y/o! So's I'm plenty proud I doubled my warranty but getting old is a trial for sure. I take a med for Type II that really works nicely and am not insulin dependent yet but that will come! Good luck with puppy. The reality since it's a dog, you pretty much can feed them once a day?


Secondly....nice posh git 500.

It IS a lovely aircraft isn't it???

I agree those mqx's would be a good thing to learn on if you didn't have a sim or in conjunction with a sim to train your brain....and they look crash resistant as well.


SIM, I completely forgot about a SIM?

I've been up since some mad hour this morning with a heavily pregnant other half not being able to sleep as bub's kicking the crap out of her.....so out the front with the mcpx.  Since I gave it the once over a few weeks ago and replaced a lot of broken parts it's never quite been right, but this morning I discovered that the blads were not at 0 pitch mid stick...not sure why this is now out.  So fixed that with a coupls of turns on the linkages and it's much better.

Hehe.........oh, you are just beginning!! The joy you will have!!

Re: MCP X yah, funny how just a few turns will do!

I''m using the hyperion batteries and whilst they don't have the punch that the nanotech's have it's flying more or less like it came out of the box which is good.  I've bought the extended blade boom and tail for it last time as that seems to hold better.  I've got kbdd blades on it and I swapped them back to back with the stock blades then the bullet blades but I think the kbdd blades are better for flips and inverted etc.  The bullet blades are good for general flying around as they are a little larger than the kbdd and have a bit more gyroscopic effect in faster forward flight.

I use the same Hyperions for both the MCP X and MQX. I too extended the tail and it holds better! I have never used the bullet blades. May be something fun to try!

Jonesy

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Has anyone got their hands on a nano cpx yet ?  Interested to hear the reports on them....

Also.. If anyones up for a laugh... check out this ebay add I found yesterday.....


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Phone-4s-Empty-Box-Only-/320993079664?pt=AU_Mobile_Phones&hash=item4abcadb170

Jonesy

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Hey Brian and all!
 Well it's been a week of sleepless nights and trying to get the 550 hk to behave right! This was to be a replacement for the swift 550 whick gave nothing but problems.
The hk did the same thing! First off let me say for the money it was ok and me being the anel me I did expect more.
I had issues with the bearings and main gear but the rest was me in the setup.
 The build went well and looked very promising as you read in other posts.
  The first test flight reviled a tail wag from 5 oclock to 8 oclock, never had this happen with the beastx fbl unit. read alot of forms on the trex550 having this problem everyone said it was the
tail or gyro location. went through everything rebuilt tail with align parts relocated beastx rebulit main gears , main shaft tryed every setting in the book. still had the wag from 5 to 8
Changed voltage output on the bec. upgraded the beastx to latest and greatest firmware did a master reset on the unit and on the radio, put a new tail servo on.
all with the same results 5-8 wag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  I was ready to comit the trash bin till thismorning.
Got to work early and forund a person who had the same problems as me! The fix was so simple it could not work!    WRONG!!!
I was trying to set the tail in heading hold, he said ste the tail in rate mode find which way it drifts and correct by inceseing or decreasing the tail push rod length.
So I did hat this evening, it worked great!!!! Now in rate or heading hold the tail is solid!!!!!!!!
I have a video that I will try to upload tonight if my internet will allow.
 I hope to put it in the air this weekend!   I am HAPPY!
Hugh

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P.S.    Brian you sound as if you have octaretallitses on the Heli world, do not leave us hanging by ourselves, enjoy all you whit and wisdom
  BTY IT stands for a shi##y outlook on life!
Hugh
 I have had it many times I think I still have it   The wifie is still unemployed!!!!

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thanks mnem....do you know where i can get a complete bearing set for tarot or align so that i can go ahead and replace all of them at once....i would rather do that so as to save me the headache of tearing it down again....also if you could recommend a good motor and esc....i am trying to keep the money factor down....so turnigy or the like would be good.....thanks bigpapa

Not sure what your skill level is or if you have flown before but if your just learning then trust me you'll be tearing it down soon and often enough.  rcscrews do a full bearing kit but you can buy a second 450gt kit for the price of the bearings and I don't think it's worth it at this point.  If your just learning then learn on the cheap stuff and replace as required.  Most of the HK bearings are ok but I would replace the tail grip bearings at a minimum and get a good drop of oil on them, I use fishing reel oil...some swear by labelle 107.

I can highly recommend the turnigy plush 40amp esc and also the H2218 (red/ silver one or the black one) both from hobbyking. I have this combination on two 450 PRO's with hundreds of flights and they are a good combination with plenty of grunt. An 11 or 12 tooth pinion with this combination is a good start.

Hope that helps.

Jonesy

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ORIGINAL: hugj

Hey Brian and all!
 (SNIP)
  I was ready to comit the trash bin till thismorning.
Got to work early and forund a person who had the same problems as me! The fix was so simple it could not work!    WRONG!!!
I was trying to set the tail in heading hold, he said ste the tail in rate mode find which way it drifts and correct by inceseing or decreasing the tail push rod length.
So I did hat this evening, it worked great!!!! Now in rate or heading hold the tail is solid!!!!!!!!
I have a video that I will try to upload tonight if my internet will allow.
 I hope to put it in the air this weekend!   I am HAPPY!
Hugh

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I'll echo Jonesy's suggestion on the 2218; I have it in both 3200KV and 3550KV variants. A FINE motor, and at $12 a bargain. I'll recommend the 3200KV for you as a beginner; no need to be torturing your batteries with the 3550 while you're still getting the hang of throttle/pitch curves. I dunno... maybe even the 2500KV. What's your opinion Jonesy?

mnem

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here it is

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Have you scoped out Mikey's RC setup tutorials? I learned more about how a heli works in one afternoon watching his videos than I did in weeks of building and looking at the plans; plus he even walks you through basic radio configuration in ''normal-person-speak.'' Setting up in Rate mode first is one of the things he says to do...

http://mikeysrc.com/Low-Cost-450-Heli.html

Absolutely INVALUABLE knowledge for noob pilots like me; in fact, now that I think of it, I think I'm gonna review his radio setup guides again, maybe understand a bit more of what he's saying now...

mnem
Damn, that puppet is smart...