Hi Guys,
Jellyson is right on the money, concerning pitch link placement, they do only go on one way. One full twist always, not half a twist.
You almost have to use a magnifying glass to see the difference. But what he said about the fingers is the big evidence. Run your thumb nail across the link, lengthwise. One side will be totally smooooth, flip it over to the other side, run the thumb nail again and you will feel the notch.. Do it slow, but there is the difference and all of them..
Jelly, Da*n your good, I couldn't tell until I read this about the finger thingy.
Go slow,
Dave / Choppersrule
ORIGINAL: Jellyson
ORIGINAL: Commander_Bob
Your motors are probably drawing current away from your main motor...
Now that I have the gyro and DD the tail is way heaver than the front... How do you balance your? Moving the battery is not enough (there is only like one cm. of Velcro touching)
Here are some new pics of my new gyro mount...
This is going to sound strange--but if I were you I would mount the gyro directly under the main shaft. I'd make a little mount and hang it from the frame rods. It will not only work better here but it will also help balance the helicopter.
And of course you can do what you want to with your pitch links. I too have a copy of the manual, but I still have to believe the evidence of my eyes and fingers. You all have seen the photos I have posted. I assure you that all the original and replacement links that I have examined (6 pairs of each type by now) are one-way from the factory. By the time you have put them on backwards several times, they will be loose either way, so I agree, it matters not.
But since I only put mine on one way, they do not develop this play over time. Perhaps that is one reason that I find the Blade CPPro to be a fine machine, quite controllable and predictable, and yet very responsive to the controls. I always defend the helicopter on threads where people bad-mouth it and say that it is squirrely and/or difficult to fly.
Certainly it flies better than I do!
And please by all means continue to correct me when I am wrong, it happens occasionally, hee hee hee, and I welcome any controversy, as long as we can have a truly experimental approach.
--John[sm=bananahead.gif]