Here is an upgrade I've been looking forward to...

Functional and better looking IMHO.

http://www.helidirect.com/product_in...roducts_id=598

yep, it looks good. HeliDirect always brings good stuffs to us.

I'll post the results when it arrives. I may not use all the elements in the end depending on any weight issues that may arrise from the whole kit adding 45 grams. I don't think it will be to big an issue though.

The ad mentions "low profile" though I can't see for sure from the pictures. If the kits lowers the Blade CP any, the stock tail will be a problem because its already very close to the ground.

I have not done the GWS DD tail mod yet but this could be the right oppertunity. the smaller tail blade will fit the bill. this is the DD upgrade I'm considering

GWS Direct Drive Tail Rotor and fittings
GWS Tail Bracket
GWS EDP50H Motor
GWS Heat Sink
Spare GWS EP4530 Rotor blade.

We will see I guess...

Suwat from flyingsport.com sent me mine last week...should be here today or tommorow ill let you know how it goes!!

not quite as pretty but they are low................light and free.

02 ching..

looks GREAT!!!!....

heres mine....

You just trim the struts down?? Looks better

yessir about 1.875" off the rear and 2" off the front lets the tail still sit in its happy place...

great looking heli's and a really nice changes you've made there.

Looks good......I like it

Now when you say 1.875" and 2" are you saying you took that much OFF of the LG? I measured mine and there 3" total. That means you only have 1" on the front.
Is that right?

Just modified my LG because I had to. Crash broke one of the fronts off right at the battery holder. Luckily, that was the perfect length for the front so I cut down the other front and made the rear just a little longer.

While I had the LG off I rerouted my antenna. Drilled small holes in the front and rear of the skid and routed it in the groove on the bottom.

yeah sorry those measurements seem so precise because they are in no way that.....just ballpark and yes it was prolly less.
I would just say work with w/e battery you have and go as low as poss. for that "ready to rocket" look lol

back to the original post subject of upgraded landing gear for blade cp, wouldent you need to switch the frame to a honey bee main frame as a honey bee uses a screw to mount the landing gear.

heres the BCP specific set.

or maybe not.....i dont know...lol...

I ordered the parts on the 23rd and still don't have the upgrade to mount or show. Everyday, the email reply is "it should ship today"....he's still waiting on the shipment himself so its not Minh's fault.

I will post more results when I have some...

Order status just changed to Shipped in the last hour....

Maybe I'll get it by Saturday.

Orders and shipping may be the only thing I truly have no patience for. Waiting for Christmas or birthdays used to kill my when I was a kid. Now that I have kids (some grown) I have a hard time waiting to give them thier goodies.

OK, here it is......

Package arrived today (two days shipping)

This is a rough story with a happy ending. This kit was overall not really made for the blade...out of the package....but....well here's the details.

The Esky must have landing gear that screws on, I've heard this but don't own and Esky model. In any case, the frame mounts did have mold elements that provided for blade frame mounting with sugnificant modification effort. This was not outside my desire to make it work but...

The main gear mounts needed drilling and then were screwed into the holes on the BCP that the cf lg rods slide into.

the plastic overall is rather soft and drilling is going to be tricky. I used a dremel with dremel drill bits, its really high speed and a slower drill may be safer. The drill holes were clean but bad things could easily happen.

These drilled frame pieces did not want to fit and were truly narower than the BCP frame. It took a sugnificant amount of careful force to get things lined up and the screw started, screw in, and tightened. I used a 2.4mm drill bit and 2.5mm bolts. They threded themselves into the BCP frame quite easily and are very tight. I did not see any sugnificant bulging becouse of the slightly oversized bolts. It just fit quite well, but I really had to force the frame. both the kit piece and the BCP frame are plastic both bent just enough to get things started. I'm not ready to say everyone will be this lucky but.....

Once the front and back frame were screwed in the rest was comparably easy.

There is nothing to secure the alum. LG pieces to the struts. I drilled and applied a screw to hold them. Its really a necessity, the alum. LG pieces moved quite a bit durring the original test flight.

Next, the new frame will force the movement of the front canopy mounting rod. I still have not done this and don't know quite where I'll reposition this but it shouldn't be a problem.

the Shogun is almost done and needed the GY240 back but the test flight was in my living room....3' X 5' and I can tell there is a weight gain without putting it on a scale. Not enough to bother me but it's at 4 deg pitch at a 4' hover. That is a degree more than before. I hovered for about 4 min. and nothing was hot....barely warm but I'm betting flight time (25+ min) is going to suffer some...he he...no big deal though.

It's allot tougher now...that's a solid fact. It would take a hell of a wreck to break this now. I'm guessing the week spot is at the drilling and screwing that attached the kit to the BCP frame.

BTW... the kit comes with a horizontal tail fin and boom braces......these are a joke, heavy and useless IMO.

Here it is done. Overall I'm happy....$24 including shipping...rained today but I'll see if I can get some vidio of it flying when things clear.

I got what I was expecting.....and its an improvement I think.

I really like the new CNC swash. looks great but I don't think there is alot of improvement in cyclic response. It's still pretty tight on the ball links, maybe when things break in a bit...

I obviously did not get the blade specific set...lol...I'm considering painting the white kit parts either black or silver. Maybe after a few flights....

recieved today.....