Got any rubbers?

[bginur]

Hi

I have a couple of little questions if you would be so kind?

I have a 450SE, and i have just struck the boom on a heavy landing and put a whopping great dent in it

Had to replace belt any way ,so will now replace boom - on order.

Before the heavy landing, i noticed the tracking kept going in and out on the blades (have metal head set (see attached). Adjusted the long link, sorted. Later on it would happen again - feathering shaft i thought!

Any way, stripped it down and the feathering shaft is perfect not a ding in site. I did notice that one of the blade grips ball links was loose (secured onto blade grip by two small screws) i think that might have been the problem - any thoughts!?

I also thought the rubbers are worn in the head - the ones that the feather shaft goes through. Any one know where i can get a job lot of these things, as i am guessing they will wear out quite frequently?

Can anyone Identify who makes the head and grips i have please, as i will need to get some bearings for it soon.

By the way, I assume a dent in the boom – not to mention a slight bend – will cause the tail to twitch and the helli to generally vibrate a whole lot more than it used to?

Sorry for all the question, i store them like a camel hangs onto water i am afraid

Thanks in advance.

John

[heliward0]

look like micro heli to me http://www.modelhelicopters.co.uk/ac...MicroHeli.html what blades are you using??

[3dbasher]

there microheli qnc grips the center hub is align check for vertical play in the flybar see saw too, did tell the dampeners were wearing, spindle and dampners probably need changing

[bginur]

Thanks Guys

I am using Align Red and white woodies 315 pro.

I don't know what rip off merchant sold me this heap of smelly stuff...

Only kidding. Where can i get a handful of the rubbers from without paying an arm and a leg - £4.00 + PnP seems a lot for only 4!

3D: When you say spindle is that 3d talk for feather shaft, where blade grips screw into? Have replaced the original one, that was 8uggered - not by you - i guess my trip through the corn filed did a bit more dammage than i thought hehehe

Am not quite ready yet for tick tocks...

JB

[3dbasher]

Thanks Guys

I am using Align Red and white woodies 315 pro.

I don't know what rip off merchant sold me this heap of smelly stuff...

Only kidding. Where can i get a handful of the rubbers from without paying an arm and a leg - £4.00 + PnP seems a lot for only 4!

3D: When you say spindle is that 3d talk for feather shaft, where blade grips screw into? Have replaced the original one, that was 8uggered - not by you - i guess my trip through the corn filed did a bit more dammage than i thought hehehe

Am not quite ready yet for tick tocks...

JB

yup feathering shaft = spindle, don't know what the part number but just get the dampner rubbers for a trex se v1 not v2 though as i believe the v2 has a bigger I.D? correct me if i'm wrong here... i'm afraid youz gotta pay watcha gotta pay

[robgt]

V2 has a 4mm feathering spindle where it goes through the head block - it's 3mm at the point where the bearings fit onto it in the blade grips though...

Cheers,
Rob

[warboysastro]

They're nothing more than rubber O-rings. Have a look on Ebay, you can get a huge boxfull of various sizes for about £2.50

Of course you only need the 3mm ID 7mm OD (standard size) but the larger ones will probably come in useful for other tasks like, umm...

Cheers - Rob