stooopid nooobie woes

Well, just figured out how to press in the new bearing in the new gears for my belt CP V2,,,,and fired it up !!! The flight lasted two seconds and i set er back down LOL!!!! Thus bursting my heli-cherry..... At times it wanted to spin, and others it didnt- little confused there...And wheni was winding it down, there is a point where it vibrates badly for just a moment, is that normal????

theres no way you put the bearing in backwards right?

LOL<<<< No, but it took me fifteen minutes to make sure it was all goin the right way!!! This trial by fire technique ive employed has given me much insight to the workingsof these helis

Im thinnking only one or two more rebuilds before I actually fly the thing off the ground




Ihope, anyhow..... Got a 4 channel coming so that should be a bit easier ~~I have an older brother whos been into rc for decades, flys huge multi engine stuff~He got quite a luagh when I told him I got a 6 ch heli and was going to "learn" to fly the bugger....


Ido have an actual tip, on replacing tha one way bearing, since ive already done it twice,, Start it level setting on the sleeve then take a pice of hardwood lay it on the bearing and tap the wood with a hammer- they will slide on into the sleeve to the end with enough "coaxing".....LOL...

Yep,

"When in doubt, Hammer it out!"

Good choice on getting a 4ch. Your brother should have told you starting on a 6ch heli would be very hard, lol

well,, that would have been smart of me to ask, but the thought never crossed my mind! I do enjoy this sight very cool info on here~~ Ive "lurnt" much already!! thanks for you efforrts!!!



ps irst flight today lasted all of thirty seconds and i choked...yup,, another new gear and a rotor blad or two. BUT, I am getting familia with the workings of these guys......

Because the Main gear on the Belt CP is prob the weakest part on the heli, look into getting an upgraded main gear for it. Here are some examples


Try to find one of these

http://www.helidirect.com/microheli-precision-cnc-main-gear-autorotation-hub-belt-p-7975.hdx



or something like these

http://www.helidirect.com/new-design-stronger-main-gears-hub-2pcs-black-belt-p-9862.hdx
http://www.helidirect.com/new-design-lower-main-gear-2pcs-black-belt-p-9863.hdx

Thanks!! I shall get a couple of those..


and, is it okeedokee to put on 325 align blades in place of the 315 esky's

I just changed my Belt CP main gear to the Blade 400 main gear, also available at Heli Direct. It is supposed to be a better and stronger gear than the Esky stock one. I know it is quieter and seems to run smoother. Get the one with the bearing allready in. It is a drop in fit. I really like it so far.

Donnie D

Dont forget king 2 main gear. I use it! It is MUCH stronger than the original main gear and needs only slight modification

Hey guys, Just a thought on the matter of weak points, if we take our weskest part and make it stronger than some other part becomes the weak one, right? Well as we continue to do this the price of the weakest part increases!! Right? So , food for thought,
leave the weakest, and cheap part along. when we crash, something has to break, for the most part. So my thought is to let the cheap part break. I rather replace a plastic main gear than some CNC metal parts in the rotor head!?!? Anyway just my nickel.

I agree with you for the most part on that, Fatdaddy. I'd rather break a cheap part than to upgrade the cheap part and end up breaking an expensive part. And I believe that most mods only lead to more mods. The only reason I changed to the B400 gear is at the time I couldn't find an Esky one with the bearing allready in. Now that I've changed, I really do like the B400 gear better. Noticably quieter and smoother running. About the only other mods I've done to anything is Super Skids on my HBFP and Belt CP and the springs on my ES600 skids.

Donnie D

Dude I'm sooooo guilty of the mods/upgrading!!! I just can't help myself!!! But I try to leave something weak...
I use the black main that I get from Helidirect and it works good.

I had a very interesting experience with this very subject recently. On one of my EXI 450 Squadron's, I have a complete CNC Head, Align main Gear (which is insanely strong), A stainless steel main shaft, Feathering shaft and flybar. Its a strong heli.

Well, I had crashed it while practicing inverted hovers, and after it hit the ground, for about 3 secs or so I forgot to hit throttle hold and my heli continued to spin at full speed. I expected to find lots of bent aluminum and a trashed main gear, nope, I didn't find any of that, instead, the bolt that holds the head on snapped, thats what the next weakest link for me is.

I can't believe the Align gear was that strong, it didn't strip at all.
Of course the main shaft and feathering shaft were also toast but they didn't bend nearly as bad as if they were stock. The flybar would not let me bend it back enough to take it off so I had to cut it off . If the crash had not been so bad the main shaft and feathering shaft would have survived which is more then I can say for stock EXI main shafts and feathering shafts

well, I got off the ground a few times with that dynam 4 channel I got~~~~at least Ive been in the air now....
A guy I talked too recently said flying helis was like trying to control a marble on a bowling ball..... Bout snotted myself luaghing, but,,,,,, it is indeed an accurate analogy......