Cutting tail rotor blades on Piccolo????
07-21-2003, 12:16 AM
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Cutting tail rotor blades on Piccolo????
I read somewhere about cutting the tail blades on a Piccolo. Can anyone tell me where I can find this info & the results?Or tell me how much to cut & where?
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07-21-2003, 08:47 PM
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Cutting tail rotor blades on Piccolo????
Why would you want to cut down the tail rotor? I have seen details of cutting down the main blade on fixed pitch piccolos. This is done to increase the head speed to improve control when flying outside, but I can't think of a reason to cut down the tail rotor. Here is a site with details. http://www.pgoelz.com/piccolo_faq.html
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07-21-2003, 11:22 PM
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Cutting tail rotor blades on Piccolo????
Jeff,
I already cut my mains & it does add stability.It also allows the motor to run cooler. The reason for cutting blades is to lighten the load on the tail motor.Which allows the motor to run cooler & live longer. I went ahead & cut mine 2mm on the trailing edge & 2mm on the tip.It does run cooler & I was able to decrease the gain on my gyro(Gy-240).Which made it smoother also. I`m told this is not recommended unless your running seperates & higher voltage batteries. I`m running seperates & 8 cell 750 Nimh`s.I`ve run 6 packs so far & it seems I got what I was looking for.I`m not going to cut any more off & run it for a while. So if you fit the requirements,You might try it.Just have a new blade in case it doesn`t work for you.If anyone would like the long term results,feel free to ask.You can PM or e-mail me.
HAVE A GREAT ONE ALL!!!!
I already cut my mains & it does add stability.It also allows the motor to run cooler. The reason for cutting blades is to lighten the load on the tail motor.Which allows the motor to run cooler & live longer. I went ahead & cut mine 2mm on the trailing edge & 2mm on the tip.It does run cooler & I was able to decrease the gain on my gyro(Gy-240).Which made it smoother also. I`m told this is not recommended unless your running seperates & higher voltage batteries. I`m running seperates & 8 cell 750 Nimh`s.I`ve run 6 packs so far & it seems I got what I was looking for.I`m not going to cut any more off & run it for a while. So if you fit the requirements,You might try it.Just have a new blade in case it doesn`t work for you.If anyone would like the long term results,feel free to ask.You can PM or e-mail me.
HAVE A GREAT ONE ALL!!!!
