600 LE Clutch

[Tom Burgess]

Yep planned to fly with it anyway. Tim and Rob, Iv'e seen your vids of your 600LE's and noticed a slightly high bite but mine is way higher, its literally screaming its ass off. It gets there eventually so I will keep flying it till it breaks

Cheers guy's!

[oscar9709]

Theres a lad who brought a new LE down the barn last weekend,and now you mention it,evertime he span up it would rev up then kick in with a bang!

[robgt]

I'll pay more attention next time Tom - I hadn't noticed anything major...
I may not have been paying enough attention though
LOL
Cheers,
Rob

[Tim Procter]

I'll pay more attention next time Tom - I hadn't noticed anything major...
I may not have been paying enough attention though
LOL
Cheers,
Rob

It was that cold I wasn't even thinking straight let alone paying attention..

[barney]

I've been flying 600's since they arrived and the early models came with too large a gap. Using a R90 Liner was the normal fix or fitting the std liner with a layer of paper.

Align actually addressed this by altering either the bell or clutch dia in short order.

Strangely just last week I fitted a brand new clutch and Bell and Its screaming blue murder before its engaging so cant see the shoe lasting very long. I'm guessing close on 8,000RPm before it bites

My 2nd 600 had a liner/bell fitted over a year back and it was spot on and still fine..

There seems to have been a big rise in folk having the issue again. Wonder if Align has resorted to using older tooling/specs etc.

[Tom Burgess]

I'll pay more attention next time Tom - I hadn't noticed anything major...
I may not have been paying enough attention though
LOL
Cheers,
Rob

It was that cold I wasn't even thinking straight let alone paying attention..

hmmm, im starting to wonder why I was paying attention too lol, I dont seem to usually

[Tom Burgess]

I've been flying 600's since they arrived and the early models came with too large a gap. Using a R90 Liner was the normal fix or fitting the std liner with a layer of paper.

Align actually addressed this by altering either the bell or clutch dia in short order.

Strangely just last week I fitted a brand new clutch and Bell and Its screaming blue murder before its engaging so cant see the shoe lasting very long. I'm guessing close on 8,000RPm before it bites

My 2nd 600 had a liner/bell fitted over a year back and it was spot on and still fine..

There seems to have been a big rise in folk having the issue again. Wonder if Align has resorted to using older tooling/specs etc.

Yep, this is the third 600 I have built from new and the first time I have come across it. I remember when building my first in December 07 that there were a lot of threads about this but mine was fine

[tonystevens]

it was screaming wasnt it tom,ithink if it were mine id put a quk one on .
i wouldnt want the clutch breaking with it having to open up wider before it bites.fatigue cracks and all that.plus it would be niggling at me.
on the plus side it flew a dream and i couldnt get over how tight the head felt compared to other nsp's ,no slop at all!

[Tim Procter]

Fix it with a 700LE Tom..

[tonystevens]

Fix it with a 700LE Tom..

keep thinking about fixing my 600 beater with an LE

but have just settled with the canopy for now.im waiting for a V2 now

[LipolyGone]

Mines got a high bite point too.
Only flown it once but noticed it
straight away as its over mid stick
before the blades start turning.

[robgt]

I fixed my 600 with an LE - brilliant fix! Anyone would think it was a new heli to be honest

Cheers,
Rob

[coptermanic]

No problem with the engagement rpm on mine. Have heard some guys using a shortened 700 liner, which is a bit thicker.

[Nick B]

Went in quick uk today and picked up a clutch for my LE,i will report back when i have tried it out

[Nick B]

OMG....its amazing,it bites straight away!!!!!

Recomend one of these if you have lazy clutches



Ah the smell of optifuel has just got me in the mood to fly