What driver is this?

[muscleflex]

Been meaning to ask where I can get this driver or something like it (if it is a driver?!)
saw this from the Kasama website a long time ago!
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[challis349]

A silver one

[Jamin_00]

Would not surprise me if Kasama made it himself lol

Ask John over on HF as he will likely know?

(pointed him this way )

[choppaholic]

its a torque wrench,

like this one but more fancier, you can get then at most hobby shops or a good tool shop you can get on from about £20 to £10K. at work we use precision digital ones they are 3K each ouch!

HobbyKing R/C Hobby Store : Adjustable torque screw driver set

or this one

http://www.shop4tools.co.uk/acatalog/Torque_Setting_Wrench_Screwdrivers.php

wera tools are really good and you can get all hex sizes usable on heli from 1.5M upwards and they are top quality you will round many heli bolts before you ever round a Wera bit

[Jamin_00]

I'd consider a set of torque wrenches if I knew what values to set when doing up the different screws

[Sharpedge]

Patrick, I went with this set, well worth it. Be carful of buying too cheap as the heads are sometimes just not the right size and you end up rounding/stripping the socket heads.

http://www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/full...8-p-14576.html

[challis349]

where do you find the values that you should be torquing things up to though?

[choppaholic]

I'd consider a set of torque wrenches if I knew what values to set when doing up the different screws

yep, that would be really handy if the manual put up bolt torque values on all bolts, would save me from rounding numerous screws. specially the tail and head bolts would give peace of mind as well.

[xygax]

I think the reason the tourque isnt specified is because the tensile strenght of cheesium is undelcared and unproven and they would need to use propper bolts then....

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[dillwhacker]

Yep.
Align screws are the worst I have ever seen. I really hate them.

[muscleflex]

Any chance you could pocket one from work for me?

its a torque wrench,

like this one but more fancier, you can get then at most hobby shops or a good tool shop you can get on from about £20 to £10K. at work we use precision digital ones they are 3K each ouch!

HobbyKing R/C Hobby Store : Adjustable torque screw driver set

or this one

http://www.shop4tools.co.uk/acatalog/Torque_Setting_Wrench_Screwdrivers.php

wera tools are really good and you can get all hex sizes usable on heli from 1.5M upwards and they are top quality you will round many heli bolts before you ever round a Wera bit

[Bikermurg]

+1 for Wera tools, top quality stuff at a reasonable prices

[choppaholic]

Any chance you could pocket one from work for me?

lol, they are no good for us, the small one reads from 4-24N and is the size of 450 heli, the big one goes from 9-135N and is a tad bigger than a 500 heli. they are pretty cool though they make beeps as we get close to the specified set torque and then vibrate when its reached. you can also set torque angle,pre torque, post etc... its a bit to much for our use beside we would look funny trying to do up bolts with wreches bigger than helis

[Mercuriell]

That's a custom made hex driver with a spring loaded collet on the end made by Kasama from a set of ENT surgical instruments - he liked the tapered, hollow alloy handles !!

He has a torque driver too - I gave him one of these for a Chrissie present and to my surprise he uses it !

The value of a torque drive is not so much for tightening up to published values but more for getting even tightening on multi-bolt plates and hubs such as cylinder heads and gear hubs. Also good on boom clamps once you have found a good value !