training gear failed

[bigbore]

Had a big whoops today , not really sure how it happened but i believe the training gear failed and one of the legs shot up which the main blade hit and jammed it between the tail boom .

Damage so far looks like one tail boom , main blades , flight bar and a main gog as it has stripped the teeth .

One thing i have notiched with the esky is that i found it very hard to attach the training gear so ended up using large tie clips . Is there any better safer training gear on the market ?

Also the batt keeps moving about so i have secured it with lock wire












Cheers jamie

[unleashed666]

i think all training gear is the same, i tried some plastic clips that came with my training gear but they just snapped after a bit of a heavy landing, after that i just used cable ties.

i did super glue the rods into the centre holder aswell coz they kept coming out

[rchelispares]

super glue the ends in (as above) and rubber bands as the rubber provides friction to make it hold and not slide about unlike cable ties.

Way back years ago i use to hook the rubber band around the skid leg...then wrap it round the training gear leg and then hook it back over the landing skid leg. never came off

[Guest]

hook the rubber band around the skid leg...then wrap it round the training gear leg and then hook it back over the landing skid leg. never came off

I will second that one.

[glen_j]

you'll most likely find you've bent the feathering shaft and possibly mainshaft as well

[tourerjim]

I've notice recently a few poeple are fixing the Trex 500 skids to there 450 size heli's perhaps you may be able to do something along them lines.

[chopperaddict]

I make up hubs for training gear using the green bottle tops of milk bottles

They are softish, and flex nicely, and last for ever.