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Old 07-05-2007 | 11:07 PM
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Pongo
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Default RE: Wheeeeeeee.......... Blade CP!

Barrick, sad to hear about your situation,... hang in there. Get that sim time in every chance you get, and get that rex in the air! Be sure to hang around here for the much needed support.

I've been unfortunately way to busy for the last week. I know I have too many hobbies, but I refuse to drop any, so I guess it's really a self-inflicted problem. That, plus raising 2 kids at the same time really cuts into free time.

Anyways, enough whining about that. Time to whine about my CP Pro. Things still are not right from the crash I had a week ago. The spindle was definately the major problem, but I'm still getting a wobble. Tonight I replaced the main shaft with another one that was slightly bent. I straightened it out and it looks perfect when spinning. I re-covered a set of blades with ultracote and re balanced them also. I'm tired of having the covering ripped off perfectly good blades, so I ordered a set of plastic ones tonight. We'll see how those work. Hopefully they are like the corona blades, which barely saw a scratch over several years.

Everything back together and I can see a wobble though. Once things are up to speed it seems smooth enough, and the frame of the heli has no shake, the blades are tracking good, but there is something off just a bit. I'll try some hover tests tomorrow and see how things are in the air.