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This is my basher 500. It started life as a trex esp but currently has tarot carbone sides and ally bottom frame, RJX fbl head, front HK boom block, align boom and stays, tarot latest style tail box, plastic tail blades and HK 3D mains. A turnigy typhoon motor and the original align esc. 510's and 520 servos and is on futaba with v1 beastx which has suited me well enough not to bother updating (although i did v3 the one on my 600N)
Now lots of those bits have had to be changed due to strings of issues recently but i have flown most of those variants for years with no trouble the full saga is ages long and involves a nightmare month of forced autos with greater or lesser successes.
It started with the front torque gears stripping some 3 sets before i figured there had to be slop in the front boom block (whihc was already HK and had been on there at least 3 years). It got changed and i changed the beat up and hammered straght many times back tail box too. I then had one boom back out on me despite being pinned..somehos the screw cut a channel and it snapped. the the tail end of the next boom snapped off (that was align) followed by the HK tail box snapping a chunk of alloy out - fortunately on the bench. I put the old tail box back on and promptly the tail gears sheared in flight. Why it has a new tarot tail box) I've had to repair other stuff om the reuslting autos as well.
The situation at the moment is that it flies BUT on takeoff in idle down it spools up smooth and takes off nicely. Flick as i usually do to idle2 (flat 90%) and there's One heck of a power surge and vibration which goes if I flick to idle1 (82%flat throttle) and doesn't come back when i go back to idle2 (which has me puzzled). The original power-up kick chews the back gear set and a second flight isn't safe (as i know by stupidly trying it).
I'm out of gear sets again so haven't tried just going to idle1 from takeoff.
I figure it has to be esc or motor but which and why? Looking at servo output screen on the tx there's no sign of it being a problem there and other helis fly fine
Any ideas? Its close to being jumped on and thrown into a bin
Now lots of those bits have had to be changed due to strings of issues recently but i have flown most of those variants for years with no trouble the full saga is ages long and involves a nightmare month of forced autos with greater or lesser successes.
It started with the front torque gears stripping some 3 sets before i figured there had to be slop in the front boom block (whihc was already HK and had been on there at least 3 years). It got changed and i changed the beat up and hammered straght many times back tail box too. I then had one boom back out on me despite being pinned..somehos the screw cut a channel and it snapped. the the tail end of the next boom snapped off (that was align) followed by the HK tail box snapping a chunk of alloy out - fortunately on the bench. I put the old tail box back on and promptly the tail gears sheared in flight. Why it has a new tarot tail box) I've had to repair other stuff om the reuslting autos as well.
The situation at the moment is that it flies BUT on takeoff in idle down it spools up smooth and takes off nicely. Flick as i usually do to idle2 (flat 90%) and there's One heck of a power surge and vibration which goes if I flick to idle1 (82%flat throttle) and doesn't come back when i go back to idle2 (which has me puzzled). The original power-up kick chews the back gear set and a second flight isn't safe (as i know by stupidly trying it).
I'm out of gear sets again so haven't tried just going to idle1 from takeoff.
I figure it has to be esc or motor but which and why? Looking at servo output screen on the tx there's no sign of it being a problem there and other helis fly fine
Any ideas? Its close to being jumped on and thrown into a bin
We reckon a ball link snapped, by the sound it made before the blades cut the end of the tail off. Anyway, back to the YEP, the governor's are excellent as well and at £30+/- it has to be worth it. I do run a separate BEC, but I do on all my helis anyway.
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