Lookyj,
Thinking again........Computer Brain just initialized...Okay, PROJECT, make the collar smaller...
Before I give you a way to make the collar smaller and perfectly round.. The picture with the motor pinion, it looks like it's about half way down the main shaft gear... That would work, only thing is, that it would probably wear the gear prematurely and may give you some erratic flying..
COLLAR FIX: This may work or may not, give it a try... Put the shaft of the main gear in a drill. Run at top speed and use one of the dozens of tiny little files you have. Press file gentle on collars. After a few minutes, I'm sure you'll have it PERFECT. I'm like that too, PERFECT.
10Tooth Motor: Lookyj, I don't always do what the directons say.. I've used a 10 tooth motor with the 11.1 lipo, it's almost like having a brushless motor, wild head speed. If you do this, I'd HIGHLY recommend using the 7.5 amp fuse in line with the main motor. Either lead will do, positive or negative. That fuse blows in a crash and won't burn up the 4n1 or 3n1.
Dave / Choppersrule
ORIGINAL: lookyj
dave,
a picture is worth a thousand words....
see below.
In the first pic you will see there's an extra plastic lip on where the shaft connects to the plastic gear. this is the difference between the pinion and the gear lining up once installed... see second pic.
I thought about using the dremel to shave the extra plastic off... but as you said this will be impossible to get perfect and can introduce some slop...
is there enough contact? see second pic...
am I just trying to get this too perfect?
also I just realized the motor with the best fit (longest shaft) is a 10 tooth pinion.... hmmmm, I wanted to go with the bell-hiller mxing, and LiPo's on this heli....
anyone use bell hiller with 10 tooth and NiMh packs? I guess this would be the downsized CP Pro... seeings how I'm using the 3in1 from the CP Pro.
going to check if any of my 9 tooths match up with the gear.....