Oh dear!

[3dbasher]

evening guys and girls been having loadsa issues with my 600n pro over the last 3months which nearly made me jack in... it was all sourced to a dodgey laptop corrupting settings
well over this weekend i got it sorted and its rockin so starting to get the bug again
so when it started to make a pinging/ rattling noise today i ignored it because it was flying fine and thought it was just the tail pushrod tinging....wrong
look at the piccy... fastest piro auto i've even done!
moral of the story if your machines complaining investigate

[Kwickkwack]

Did you manage to land it without too much damage?, (apart from the broken part shown)

[jamiem]

i dont rate the torque tube at all, and had i given it more forethought, id have stayed with the tail drive. i had my only crash ever on my 600e because of a failed front drive gear mid flight. not worth the £75 upgrade on the E and the nitro sport.....

[3dbasher]

hmmm may use belt when i repair it

[jamiem]

well ive killed 3 sets of front drive gears in the 100 odd flights ive done on the tt tail, and they are very very annoying to change at the field id be tempted if i were you

[3dbasher]

anyone know what i need to convert it to belt apart from tail box and belt?

[Ashley Davis]

you need the front tail boom clamp and pulley. I've done 200+ flights on my torque tube 600, I've only ever stripped gears landing in long grass and getting the tail all caught up.

[timebandit]

Actually up-front you only need the pulley, converted mine a while back.

[3dbasher]

i've never caught the tail but the tube still snapped in the air anyone know where i can download the manual for the 600n sport

[robgt]

http://www.alignuk.com/manuals/align600n.pdf

Cheers,
Rob

[Steve]

Sounds like a similar story to the JR Airskipper 50 tail pinion shaft shearing issue.

My advice is to take it up with the manufacturers, and get other people with similar failures to support you. JR did listen, and altered the material/design of the failing part, thereby restoring my faith in their products.

Take it up with Align.

[3dbasher]

http://www.alignuk.com/manuals/align600n.pdf

Cheers,
Rob

thats for the pro which i have... what i'm thinking because i have a tail case and belt is if i remove the umbrella part then get the 600n sport front pulley that should do it... shouldn't it?

[robgt]

I believe you need the front and rear pulleys.
Cheers,
Rob

[3dbasher]

Did you manage to land it without too much damage?, (apart from the broken part shown)

sorry yeah just drive shaft and the rear gearset

[3dbasher]

I believe you need the front and rear pulleys.
Cheers,
Rob

just the front then... i have a metal tailbox for belt drive aswell with the pulley shaft in