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Old 11-28-2008 | 08:13 PM
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Default RE: Stepping into nitro helis (Shuttle)

Happy Late Thanksgiving Dart,

I have to take a look at my ZX and see what I did for that setup. The Quick UK head gives more travel with better clearance between the lower washout arms and the pitch links at full negative pitch.

I know if you use the stock link lengths given in the manual you'll find the mixing arms are not level at 0 pitch. Its simple to adjust the arms from the paddle bar input links to level the lower mixing arms, just make sure they are the same lenght. I always go equal turns on each link when I adjust and things stay together that way.

Level the upper mixing arm the same way and you should have a nice starting point. I think my ZX is running +10 0 -8 in idle 2 and +10 0 -4 in normal and idle 1 but I have to check. The Plus is at +12 0 -10 with the Quick UK parts and the OS .37 pulls that quite nicely.

I really dont like the fixed pitch links below the swash plate but I've been able to make things work okay with them.

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