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Old 12-07-2005 | 06:10 AM
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stevennh
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Default RE: E-FLIGHT BLADE CP

Oppie,

I used the list provided by Futura in this post. I ended up ordering the parts from an ebay vendor (I don't remember the on-line store). There are a couple of photo's of the assembled head posted by Futura that helped me do the assembly. The only mistake I made was that I put the head on upside down (the part with the mixer arms, not great for control!). I used the 3BB blade holders from my old head with no issues. While you are ordering parts, make sure you order a couple of the rotor head assemblies (the part with the mixer arms), the ball joints on the mixer arms are very fragile compared to other parts and seem prone to breakage. I broke one, fixed it and broke it again. I put a new arm on last night. The part that is hard to see from the drawings is the bearing assembly on the upper head. You put a bearing on each side of the rotor head and insert the little plastic bar through them. The flybar ends up going through the hold in the little plastic bar as well as the outer frame and rotor head. The rest is fairly clear from the photos. Let me know if you would like close ups and I can take some tonight and post them on a new topic.

Oh, you might also want to order an extra set of linkages since the long links are very fragile. I did not break mine during assembly, but I bent them several times and I know it is only a matter of time before they break.

Steve