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Old 01-12-2008 | 10:43 AM
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dooleyje
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Change the blade arms links from the solid links to adjustable links to get a fine adjustment for tracking. Make sure you do not have a sticking mixing arm or seesaw. Use the Align Pro wood 325s $10 and very well balanced. Or fix your current blades. I do all my blades using the following manner no matter how premium they are. All blades need adjustment, no exception.

I checked my stock blades and found them way out of center of gravity. About an 1/8 in. In other words one blade has a rotor tip way lighter than the other. Before you can balance the blades the tips must weigh the same. You want your rotor tip heavier that the root so thay will track the same. Take a pencil and teeter each blade on it till it balances and then make a mark where it balances. do the other blade and make a mark. Now put the blades side by side and the blades mark should be the same distant from the tip. If not, you have to fix it. The blades with the mark closest to the tip of the blades is the blade with the heaviest tip and you will want to use as a reference for the other blade. To fix the other blade you will have to put weight on its tip some how. You can put tape as an example or sand the root end to take weight out. The stock blades have a lot of mold flashing on them at the root end so I would sand it off since the stock blades are fiberglass. remember that all blades are hollow except wooden blades so do not sand through the cloth or carbon, just the jell coat. After you have done this then add tape to the tip to bring the weight up. After the blades have been c/g matched then balance them. You will put the tape on the lighter blade. In this case the tape will be put on the blade at the C/G mark and not the tip.

I use the 430L with a 13t pinion and works very well 10min runs and the motor and ESC are only slightly warm. Align motors want high head speed so you will need to lessen you pitch and use higher Th. curves. My heli I use 100 100 95 100 100 in idle up and 0 75 95 100 100 in normal mode. My pitch range is 9 to 9. Align recommends the 13 for duration and over all performance. If you are Pounding the heli in 3D that will make your eyes water then change the gearing to your liking. Most folks will be pleased with the 13t on the 430L. Tex is a great guy and has tried many set up's and found some that he likes for certain situations. It takes time and dedication to get to his level. However his set up may not be what you or you pocket book is ready for. No offense to anyone.

I hope this helps

Jim