Bloody Servo

[Sqwidge]

Took my B400 out today after days of wind and set it up for a good old fashioned beating, did all usual pre flight checks and checked everything was working fine then fired her up.

I was hovering for a couple of minutes whilst I trimmed her out after a rebuild and had just got it level when the tail pitched down and dived toward the floor, I was only 6 or so feet off the floor so killed the power and it landed upright with the only visible damage a tail rotor - will check tail output shaft etc later - replaced the tail rotor and re checked all the servo's etc to find my elev servo not working, stripped it down to see which gear was naffed to find all of them in one piece and its actually receiving no power, tried it in another port on rx to double check and same thing, I have never had a servo just die in flight before is this a common thing?

Only good thing to come out of this is I had my 500 with me (non flying) to show a mate and i'm glad that it wasnt that in the air and I sold me msr, yay.

£70 better off, well £67 and change after paypal fees but bonus none the less as now I can get my bits to finish the 500

Might consider selling the Blade now because I honestly cant be bothered with it but depending on if I can get what I need for the 500 it will either be BNF but needing a front servo or it will be BNF but needing front servo and tail servo, would this be considered artf?

Edit: Blade specs, CF mains, Ino-Lab hgd202hb on cyclics, GY401, S9257, Ar6100e, lipo alarm wired in to esc.

[Baldie]

If its the standard eflight servos that came with the Blade..... Then that is normal.

[Sqwidge]

If its the standard eflight servos that came with the Blade..... Then that is normal.

Nah its one of my digital servo's as listed in the specs, I haven't used stock anything since I bought it lol well with the exception of the motor and esc but I think with the stock servo's being made of bubbles I don't think I would even dare fly with them, I bought mine (servo's) a while back from Blink heli's but I tried the store number and it comes up with a dead tone noise, maybe he has gone under?

The only thing wrong with the Blade is the elev servo other than that its c*ck on I just want my 500 up and running.

[aaron-88]

Im with you on that 1 nik,really trying to sell the 450 to get the 500 going! why does nobody want 450's anymore??

[Sqwidge]

I actually like my B400 tbh I was just feeling down at the servo failure, mine (500) is complete as I just bought everything I needed over the last few days and then sold my mSR today which has paid for my AR6200 Rx, except the tail servo, I'm gonna whip that off the blade whilst its busted, as for the 500 itself, I have this thing about wires so here's what I have been doing this afternoon:

Ignore the servo horns as they are factory default





Once the tail servo and Rx are mounted I can hide the overflowing wires inside the main frame, also, in keeping with tidy wires, I mounted the gyro facing the other way does anyone know if this will make a difference? Usually I make sure its readable from the rear.



Edit: To answer your final question, I think we're having difficulty selling due to recession, recent tax hike with another shortly, the fact that Align and E-Flite are both about to release new heli's of various sizes and to be brutally honest the CopterX is an ok clone but its still a clone, the Blade400 is old and the T-Rex 450 is better than both, most people would choose the Align range over the other two 90% of the time anyway as Align is a well/more established brand IMO.

[aaron-88]

From what i have seen quite a few people put their gyro's that way round,
And it looking good!!alot further on than mine,i still need motor,esc,gyro with tail servo and some new main shaft bearing blocks.
Still love it though(even if its not flying)

[Sqwidge]

From what i have seen quite a few people put their gyro's that way round,
And it looking good!!alot further on than mine,i still need motor,esc,gyro with tail servo and some new main shaft bearing blocks.
Still love it though(even if its not flying)

I'm the same, mine isnt flying yet but the presence it has is just awesome, I get excited just looking at it lol.
If i'm honest the maiden scares me a little, I know what to expect as my friend has one, but actually taking control of a 500 for the first time is a different experience altogether.

I was lucky with mine as it was £85 posted and it came with the motor and esc in it along with tail blades, flybar and paddles and then Forbsy threw in a set of Align 425F's even though it was advertised without mains! so with the money I had saved I bought cyclics as I had the 9257 on the blade and bought the Spartan from a local member, I have my eye on a much faster tail servo though with a response time of 0.05 at 6v!
I reckon once I get the kit I want on my 500 I will rebuild the Blade and then have a heli for 'Sunday best' and one for 'landing with style'.

You will catch up with your build so don't worry, remember if you take your time it will come out better and always buy 2nd hand parts as it will save you a fortune, try and source some parts from Hong Kong too like rotor blades, bearings etc as you can get CF main blades for around £10 - £15 posted which is cheap in comparison to our £40+ prices, my friend is currently in Hong Kong for chinese new year so I gave her a list of bits including 2 pairs of CF blades, no postage makes them even cheaper if you don't sell the CopterX then raid it for parts ie gyro etc then sell the airframe on ebay or keep it for a second like me.

[Baldie]

Just an observation, But I Dont think the ESC should be cable tied around the heat sink.

[Sqwidge]

Just an observation, But I Dont think the ESC should be cable tied around the heat sink.

Well spotted, there just there to hold it in place whilst I was hiding the wires, I want some Align straps to hold it in place eventually but I don't know where to get them from, although I do have a red 3rd party strap for the time being.
Not sure about the ventilation side of things though, will a strap smother it?
It was originally mounted under the battery tray but I wasn't happy with it there and wanted it more central for COG.

[aaron-88]

[/QUOTE]Edit: To answer your final question, I think we're having difficulty selling due to recession, recent tax hike with another shortly, the fact that Align and E-Flite are both about to release new heli's of various sizes and to be brutally honest the CopterX is an ok clone but its still a clone, the Blade400 is old and the T-Rex 450 is better than both, most people would choose the Align range over the other two 90% of the time anyway as Align is a well/more established brand IMO.[/QUOTE]

Yeah i agree might have sold it now though,the copterx is a very good clone all the parts are the same except for the tail unit doesn't have the little locator to sit on the boom,so you have to line it up urself,but thats nothing major

[cjcj1949]

I had a problem with the front servo on my Twister Storm, almost same as Blade 400. The servo can probably be fixed easily and made reliable. It can be a matter of a missing blob of silicone in final assembly. It applies to all servos in all helis. You can send me the servo if you want and I'll fix it, if it's what I think. The plastic body on the Blade may be the cause of the problem. You could swop all your bits onto a clone body. My metal HK450 seems ok and is the cheapest option.

Chris

[Sqwidge]

I had a problem with the front servo on my Twister Storm, almost same as Blade 400. The servo can probably be fixed easily and made reliable. It can be a matter of a missing blob of silicone in final assembly. It applies to all servos in all helis. You can send me the servo if you want and I'll fix it, if it's what I think. The plastic body on the Blade may be the cause of the problem. You could swop all your bits onto a clone body. My metal HK450 seems ok and is the cheapest option.

Chris

Its been fine up to now almost two years, I would like to try get it fixed though, could you PM me your home address please