People with a 9257/9650

[matthew2456]

What do you do with the tail control rod?

With the bigger servo the arm does not align with the hole in the horizontal fin mount. I have some bigger rod but its about twice as heavy as the orginal item.

[Made2Fade]

What helicopter? You dont have to go through the hole also.
Lee

[Smoothound]

On my early Trex 450's I made up a 3mm rod from CF tube short lengths of threaded rod and ball links and just bypassed the support

[LipolyGone]

I am assuming this is on the 450 the instruction book tells you to actualy cut the tail rod guide off & not to use it.
Martin

[matthew2456]

but then you can move the rod quite a bit?

Did they increase the diameter of the rod on the v2?

[gazza]

Nah mate think it's the same rod.
I cut the hole off also & although there is quite a bit of flex in the rod it works well...Also protects the tail servo if you dump it

but then you can move the rod quite a bit?

Did they increase the diameter of the rod on the v2?

[Rich J]

I found that the best way to make the rod secure when using a 9650 on my 450 was to bypass the support, but make sure that you use a ball link at the servo end. The little bent rod that is intended to go through the servo arm is rubbish as it slops around all over the place. A ball link is far more precise.

Hope that helps.

Rich

[Pipistrelli]

On my early Trex 450's I made up a 3mm rod from CF tube short lengths of threaded rod and ball links and just bypassed the support

I did the same as Phil, 3mm gf tube is inherently very stiff so retains servo responsiveness. Ball links take out all the slop and the threaded rods make it easily adjusted for trimming the tail setup.

[matthew2456]

anyone got any spare cf rod