Hey guys. I wanna ask what tools i must have in case of buying a heli, and specifically a raptor 50 titan KIT. I read a bit but i still don't know ALL the tools i gonna need. Please, tell me ALL the tools that can make my life easier. I want tools for assembling the KIT and setup the heli (pitch etc). Make a list, would you I just wanna know how big the list will be

With 2041 posts under your belt, can I assume that you have been doing RC for a while?

Let's not assume, based on your header tank discussion....

Basic Building Tools:
Hex drivers
Phillips screw drivers
Flat tip screw drivers
Pitch gauge
Ball link pliers
Needle nose pliers
Hobby knife
CA glue / epoxy
Blade balancer or appropriate technique
ball link sizer
engine locking tool
threadlock

Field box tools:
voltmeter
charger
fuel pump
starter W/ Appropriate adapter
Glow driver

Advanced tools:
Rotor head tachometer
swashplate leveler
Calipers
tools for balancing blades depending on your technique

Those are the ones that come to mind right now. If I had my field box in front of me, or if I was at my shop I could add some more to the list.

Rafael

Ok, i will be here and waiting until you add more Oh and that about posts. If i have right now 2043 posts, then assume that the 2000 are about RC cars and planes, nothing else (a little bit elevtric helis but whatever), so assume that i'm a noob with 43 posts

Might find some ideas here http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...article_id=836

Ok, here the photo:



I want to ask what that tool on the below-left is. It looks like a reamer. Now about the below-right tool, that amp meter, do i necesarily need it? I mean, i know what is its job. Is to adjust the end point adjustments on the servo, right? Well, untill now i adjust me EPA on servos from hearing the servo. When a servo is stall (somewgere stack and it want keep spinning) i can hear it. When is not stall, it's sound nice, i hear it ONLY while moving, when it arrives at the EPA, then the servo stop moving and "screaming" that it want to go even further

Are you reading all that we are typing? Did you read the article BH posted? It's all in there. To make it easier, that is a "greaser". It is used to put grease on the bearings.

NO, you don't absolutely need it. I don't have one, but In the near future one will find it's way into my toolbox. You might be surprised how many times a servo can be partially stalled and not make a noise. They make the noise when they are fully stalled. The only wat to know, is to have that meter.


BH: on that picture, you forgot some tools that you did use on the build. The first one that is obvious is the ball link sizer.

Rafael

It was my first article! Edit: Acutally it was shown later on, in situ.

Other than that, what he said.

Sorry guys if i confuse you. I just want the maximum help in the faster time One question: what is that ball link sizer??? I never heard of it and i think i didn't see it through the assembling of the raptor 50's manual

If you want the most help, just post once in the most appropriate forum. Doing otherwise generally annoys people and has the opposite effect, you'll end up getting less help, not more.

Yeah, but i noticed that there are different people in each forum, so that's why i posted in both Anyway...

The ball link sizer is not mentioned in any manual that I know of. It is a tool to "shave" some material out of the inside of the plastic ball link to make it smoother and minimize friction.

If you are assembling a Raptor 50, everything that BH mentions here applies to you, did you read it?
[link]http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=836[/link]

Rafael

Yeah, it's cool I just wanted to know. But you said that is to use it for shaving the inside of the plastic thing that holds the balls. Yeah, maybe is smoother but you risk there because the ball might slip and get out of the hole.

Not really. You don't want the links sticking or you will never get a stable trim, you will always be fighting the helicopter. Also sticky links drain the battery more quickly.

You want them to fall under their own weight with a pushrod attached. You keep an eye on them and replace them if they start to get sloppy.

Ok i see, of course untill now on my cars, these things are stuborn to install first place but they moving really smooth. I don't know about heli ones, but i think they might be smaller