RCU Forums - View Single Post - Heli wobbles during flight
View Single Post
Old 07-03-2010, 05:37 PM
  #3  
karlik
Senior Member
 
karlik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Spanaway, WA
Posts: 784
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default RE: Heli wobbles during flight

Dude - I just went through that on my falcon 40. I had what I call a hard landing, not a crash, and then the same wobble. I checked the blades for balance (on a digital scale), I replaced the main shaft (it wasn't bent but if I take it out I put a new one in). I checked and double checked everything. The paddles were level, the flybar was straight and centered (same distance from the rotor shaft to each paddle). I could not see any damage to the mainframe. These are all things to check and fix.

Out of desperation and just to proove they weren't damaged I replaced the blades and bingo - the wobble was gone.

The old blades were not damaged in any way that I could see, they both weighed exactly the same, the cg on both blades was no more than a 16th inch different if that much, and I swear they look almost new. And they did not strike the ground in that hard landing. Blades are cheap - try a new set.