ORIGINAL: jakjr
Quick question, are all of the Esky heli's parts compatible with the Blade?
Helihobby has them all listed together and they all look about the same so I would assume they are compatible, but I just wanted to check.
I'm wondering about the main gear/shaft in particular, the Esky one looks to be better made and it's cheaper, will it work correctly with the blade? (last item on this page -
http://www.helihobby.com/html/ESKY5.html )
Just an update....
The Esky shaft and gear will not work with the Blade unmoded.
The shaft is too long and will therefore require either shortening and redrilling (I would not recomend doing this as you will never get the hole in exactly the right spot every time), or extending the linkages between the swashplate and servo's. Also you will either need to A. hammer the motors pinion farther down the shaft, or B. put a bunch of washers/spacers on the shaft to get the main gear to line up with the pinion.
I would recomend going to the CP2 style gear shaft for a number of reasons, but considering the tweeking needed to get it to work just right, I can't say if the benefits are good enough to constitute doing so.
On a side note, the Esky tail boom, and paddle controll frame I bought look like they will work just fine.
Also this may have been posted in the past, but I have found a very economical way to repair broken landing gear rather than shelling out $5 for new ones -
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJDP3&P=7
Rather than throwing away broken gear, just pull the CF rods out, and cut new ones to replace them. With $4 worth of CF rod you can repair 6 pairs (12 seperate sides) of landing gear for an overall savings of over $25 (after tax).