taming the blade 400

[Highrisedrifter]

No probs mate. You'll need wheel collets with a hole diameter of 2mm.

[Boggy]

any idea what size colletts I would need,thank you

http://www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/prod...oducts_id=1469
or these

[Pipes]

: Collets

Boggy I want to do what your picture shows on my blade 400, Is there something I should know also how much do they weight I hav 3 grams or 5 gram weights.
Thanks Cheers

[Boggy]

i think the 3 gram will be about right. the 5s will make it a bit too sluggish.just unscrew the paddles and fit the collets. check you have equal distances between the collets and flybar carrier.

if you want to try the 5 gram they will work but i would not use any expo in the tx.otherwise you will struggle to hold a steady hover,it will be slow to react and with expo youll end up "chasing" it with the right stick

[jpxb9]

Hi,

I tried to put some collets on the fly bar of my Blade 400.
I removed the paddles, the small screws but I am unable to remove the flybar.
It's look as if it's stuck with glue on the end where the paddles are screwed.

Have any Idea ?

thanks

[Boggy]

not quite sure what you mean? there is no need to remove the flybar itself.undo the grub screw in the paddle weight. then unscrew the paddle and weight together.slide the collet on and refit the paddle and weight,then tighten the grub screw.slide the collet up to the weight and secure the grub screw in that.

[Nick B]

Probably stuck with the old thread lock....may need some pliers on the job

[jaspar]

do you need to balance the flybar after adding these collets or doesnt it matter to much

[heliboy]

Great my bro crashed his blade 400 yesterday and this will really help him..i already had some expo on the tranny ...but thanks im gonna give it a go.

[Boggy]

do you need to balance the flybar after adding these collets or doesnt it matter to much

no. i never have,but its worth measuring both sides and getting it even as you do it

[Photex]

[quote=Boggy;112765]basicly it means adding a small amount of wieght to the fly bar. ill post a picture in a minute! and as gazza says above a small adjustment in the tx

Sorry, I know this post is getting on a bit in age, but this could be rather useful to me in the not too distant future. You mentioned a small adjustment to the tx, could you explain exactly what this adjustment is, please.

Many thanks.

Chris.

[Boggy]

[quote=Photex;306245]

basicly it means adding a small amount of wieght to the fly bar. ill post a picture in a minute! and as gazza says above a small adjustment in the tx

Sorry, I know this post is getting on a bit in age, but this could be rather useful to me in the not too distant future. You mentioned a small adjustment to the tx, could you explain exactly what this adjustment is, please.

Many thanks.

Chris.

adding expo to the cyclic controls. everybody likes different settings so its really a case of trying it and see what suits you best. personaly i used to use 10% but some went as high as 25%.

[Crb450]

Boggy, I have found these paddles on fleabay and was wondering if they are the right ones I should be getting for the 400 3D: hs1192 Flybar Paddle flasher 450 CF Trex 450 SE V2 on eBay (end time 06-Dec-09 15:09:52 GMT)

Are these a cheap pattern part, or the real maccoy?
Thanks mate

[newhelipilot]

On "you tube" Horizon hobbies site they go through tx settings for taming blade400

[RotaryOne]

HS1192 are the correct T-Rex 450 paddles at some 6gms each. I use 8gm paddles on one of my Blades which I believe are T-Rex 500 items @ some 8gms each (H5009T) and the Blade is still very responsive but not too much so - that is with wheel collets as well.