Mrasmm,
Two things to check,,,
1) make sure that the tail rotor gear is on properly, meaning that there are two ways for it to go on. The tail gear has two sides, one side has a smaller collar than the other, make sure that the smaller collar is against the tail motor.
2) Check the tail blade closely, it has two small pins protruding that align with the small holes in the tail gear. If one of the pins is missing/broken off. Get a new tail blade. Make sure everything is smushed/aligned together properly... Also, make sure that the silicon tube is tight.
Dave / Choppersrule
ORIGINAL: mrasmm
I have a question about the tail rotor on the CPP. The other day when I was flying it it was flying fine, a wind gust came up while I was flying it outside on the tramp. I managed to set it down before it went off the edge, but the tail hit a spring. It didn't nick it or anything, and the tubing was just slightly loose. I tightened it up, and when I spooled up the tail started buzzing around normal rpms, like the tail skid fin, and consequently the whole heli like it had a bad case of the shakes. When I would throttle up the tail motor to 2/3 to 3/4 stick to the right, the shimmy would go away all the sudden and the heli would rip around. I pushed the tubing on harder and it ended up fixing the problem. The next day the same thing happened, except that no matter how hard I pushed the tubing on (so the gear was still straight) it still kept doing it. I was practicing piro's on a hardwood floor, and one of the times it got away from me so I set it down a bit hard. I checked everything and it was good. I spooled back up, and the problem was gone? Fixing a heli by crashing it =P
Anyways does anyone know what is going on here, or what to do about it?
Thanks,
mrasmm