Tempest tail rotor mounting side
04-30-2006 | 03:09 PM
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Tempest tail rotor mounting side
Dear friends,
Sorry if this issue is allready addressed somewhere here.
I just got my Fury Tempest 3D .90 size heli from RC Universe. Very pleased indeed, a masterpiece of engineering.
The heli came fully assembled but for packaging purpose it was disasembled so I had to put some parts back together. And now comes the problem:
The guy sent me both .pdf docs (FAI and 3D versions). In one document, the FAI version of the TEMPEST, the tail rotor is mounted to the right side of the heli as you look at the heli from behind. In the other document, the 3D version of the TEMPEST, the tail rotor is mounted to the left side of the heli as you look at the heli from behind. My tail boom and the tail rotor hub (and of course the side of the gyro servo) is mounted on the right side of the heli as you look at it from behind. The 3D document says SOMEHOW that one could mount the tail rotor so it spins in either direction provided you change the blades mounting also (so the leading edge is oriented properly) My question: How big is the importance of the side and direction of the tail rotor? How is it going to influence the heli behaviour? Is it really that important?
I watched the 3D masters DVDs, all competitors have the TEMPEST with the tail rotor on the left side of the heli as you look at it from behind... I'm puzzled. I run hundreds of searches on the net, nothing about this issue.
Thanks for your time,
Adrian, Bucharest ROMANIA
Sorry if this issue is allready addressed somewhere here.
I just got my Fury Tempest 3D .90 size heli from RC Universe. Very pleased indeed, a masterpiece of engineering.
The heli came fully assembled but for packaging purpose it was disasembled so I had to put some parts back together. And now comes the problem:
The guy sent me both .pdf docs (FAI and 3D versions). In one document, the FAI version of the TEMPEST, the tail rotor is mounted to the right side of the heli as you look at the heli from behind. In the other document, the 3D version of the TEMPEST, the tail rotor is mounted to the left side of the heli as you look at the heli from behind. My tail boom and the tail rotor hub (and of course the side of the gyro servo) is mounted on the right side of the heli as you look at it from behind. The 3D document says SOMEHOW that one could mount the tail rotor so it spins in either direction provided you change the blades mounting also (so the leading edge is oriented properly) My question: How big is the importance of the side and direction of the tail rotor? How is it going to influence the heli behaviour? Is it really that important?
I watched the 3D masters DVDs, all competitors have the TEMPEST with the tail rotor on the left side of the heli as you look at it from behind... I'm puzzled. I run hundreds of searches on the net, nothing about this issue.
Thanks for your time,
Adrian, Bucharest ROMANIA
