Ist post newbie :)

[R8driver]

Anyone else here have a Century Kestrel SE ?
Stewart.

[RaptorStudent]

Even if you dont find someone that flys that model you will find a wealth of knowlage to help you with it.
Great bunch of lads here.....and welcome

[chugga-bug]

Welcome to the forum dude

(Be careful with the 'C' word though )

[Biggles]

Welcome to the forum dude

(Be careful with the 'C' word though )

Oh yeah.......... Crap........ well it begins with C....!!!!!! LMAO

Where's me lawyer???? LMAO


Welcome to the forum!!!!

[Tripler]

Anyone else here have a Century Kestrel SE ?
Stewart.

No, but I know a man that does!

Nice little heli WHEN you're able to get it flying,

BTW welcome to the forum

[steelie600]

ive flown a kestrel and theyre not that bad but as with most things there is room for improvement. welcome to the madhouse pal am sure well be able to help/train

[Mike W]

Heya and welcome to the forum ... Ignore the Century haters here m8e .. I own a Century Hawk and like the thing .. My Raptor Titan knocks spots offa it tho and the saving grace for century is there Scale stuff ...

[Made2Fade]

Im gonna with strain myself Mike
Welcome to the forum mate, if theres anything you need to know then just ask away.
Cheers
Lee

[Boggy]

hi stewart welcome to the forum! nice avatar is the car yours??

[R8driver]

Thanks for all the warm welcomes . I'm at my wits end with this thing now!
To cut a long story short(ish) , when I first got it started, the clutch seemed to cut in and out, with no relation to engine speed. High revs or low made no difference to the drive. Then when I went to start it for the second time, I must have flooded the engine, because it locked up, and by a stroke of bad luck, the starter jammed on, so when I loosened my grip on it, the whole motor span round, wraping the wires round itself , and took out the spragg(one way) bearing at the same time. When I plugged the motor back in, it was whirring away nicely on the ground.
I flicked the lever and it stopped.
Back at the shop, and the guy sent off for a new fan housing and one way bearing. The problem is, you screw down the clutch(inside the bell) onto the crank by hand and then when I tighten up the nut, the whole lot locks up! So what I did was run the clutch up till it was level with the edge of the bell, and then held it with a pair of circlip pliers then tightened the nut.
I thought this was ropey, as the clutch could screw down a bit more and leave the nut loose.
Anyway, I ran it up, and the clutch was still the same, on off, weak drive. The engine also drank half a tank of fuel in about 2 minutes, and was supposed to be test flown before sent out even though I had to screw the needle in, to get it started.
So I got the shop guy(John) to just order me a new engine and clutch, and send the lot back to them! So I picked the new clutch and engine up this morning, fitted it all back in, and the clutch is even worse than the last one, with barely any drive at all. But the engine sounds a whole lot better Second start-up and the clutch nut loosened off and broke a couple of fan blades
John in the shop spoke to a heli expert and he recons I should locktite the clutch at it's free point, then tighten and locktite the nut too.
Any ideas ?
TIA,
Stewart.

[R8driver]

hi stewart welcome to the forum! nice avatar is the car yours??

Yeh it is Boggy ...had it a year now

[Tripler]

Sorry to say this all sounds very familiar to my mates experience with his Kestrel

I was going to get one until I saw the problems he had.
After looking at the engine/clutch etc I’m sure its all down to poor design.
Love the idea of a 15 ic heli,, but not this one.

Good luck

[R8driver]

Good luck

Cheers Trip, I think I'll need it

[Mike W]

i seen the protech IC ones and about the same size, tbh for what ya get the aint that bad in price and ya get to add ya own stuff .. this is the problem with rtf stuff sometimes they skip on the bits that matter lol...

[R8driver]

this is the problem with rtf stuff sometimes they skip on the bits that matter lol...

Yeh, like the starter, clutch and radio gear