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hello everyone , hope you all got some good flying in despite the cold . i have been flying and crashing my 550 or 600 DFC align helis , one set of electronics that i share between the two , now i crashed loads last year with the original EFL head on and not once did i do a cyclic servo , yet now i have the dfc fitted , i bust a servo every time , i know i could change back but i actually like the way the dfc flys , sooooo , i was thinking ,how about changing the metal servo horns for a heavy duty plastic one , and i would hope this would break in the crash first ? does anyone thing this might work ? cheers ady
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This has been discussed a number of times. The problem you have is that (as far as I'm aware) there are no plastic gears available for full size Align servos. There are for mini (500 size) servos and the solution there is to just use plastic like I do.
The nature of a DFC setup means that your going to break something like a servo, a swash plate or a blade grip in a crash. It just depends on where the force is directed at the most or which area is weakest. Seemingly the metal servos are in this case.Very proud to be an Align-Trex.co.uk Team Pilot!
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I just use plastic horns. Saves a set of gears every time. Only servos broke recently was cuz I fitted metal horns. Not no more thou.Gaui x7 lush
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I use the plastic futaba wheels on my 600 and in the few scrapes I've had the teeth on the wheels strip rather than the servo gears. I don't use metal arms or wheels for that reason ;-)
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Plastic horns! Doh! Bit of a face palm moment right there.
Reminds me, I must put the plastics on my 600.... Cheers chaps!
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cheers everyone , plastic servo horns it is then , its now the 550 which is built and dfc , i have found the 550 plastic servo arms and so i`ll bung them on , and hopefully not crash for a while , adySeakingComment
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Yep plastic horns are the way to go.
Oh and maybe a bit more sim practice if your crashing that much ;-)Some helis were damaged during the making of this signature.....
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The plastic gear from a savox sc 0252mg fits!Originally posted by dani_r View PostSome say my left nipple is the shape of a Raptor canopy.......... And that for fun I chase sheep in wellies 3 sizes too big. All I know is I am 3D Clod
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Those are MG servosOriginally posted by KevDavies View Post
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oh yes they are HOWEVER they also have a sacrificial plastic gear! I know cos ive broke enough of them racing rallyx buggies!! I used to have a stock pile of them!!
the number in a savox part number is the clue if it starts 0 it has atleast one plastic sacrificial gear if it starts 1 theyre all metal
I was a sponsored driver when i raced buggies and I was asked to run Savox exclusively so theres not a lot I dont know about them! And If i dont know my best mate is the northern area sales rep for CMLLast edited by KevDavies; 13-01-2013, 07:31 PM.Some say my left nipple is the shape of a Raptor canopy.......... And that for fun I chase sheep in wellies 3 sizes too big. All I know is I am 3D Clod
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Interesting to know!Originally posted by KevDavies View Post
Cheers for that
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Yep , that's handy to tho , cheersSeakingComment
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And as the above pic shows on the dude anyway , is a dfc hub , but with a swash driver n links . It's about 6mm lower than the EFL hub , I mate at the field has used a quick swash so he can use the dfc main shaft , but he has kept the full efl hub etc on his 550 , so I thought I'd try it , but as I don't have a quick swash I have had to use the standard shaftSeakingComment
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