Antistatic on rappy 50

[nitros]

As per tittle, do I need the antistatic mod on a rappy 50?


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[Steve]

No way.

[nitros]

Don't understand is it the belt that create static?


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[trillian]

Yeah, in general it is the belts on helis that can create static but I have never had a static problem on a Raptor. You also need pretty dry conditions (low humidity) before you'll get static build-up and it's rarely that dry in this part of the country.

[nitros]

Yeah, in general it is the belts on helis that can create static but I have never had a static problem on a Raptor. You also need pretty dry conditions (low humidity) before you'll get static build-up and it's rarely that dry in this part of the country.

Because I remember this summer in Italy, 40c, it used to have some glichets


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[Mike W]

Like Steve said no need on a Raptor ... Not had to do it on any of the nitro's that I have flown that are belt drive either .. Think it is more on electrics than on a nitro model but someone that has had a nitro belt drive that I have not owned might have some more to say on the matter

[Steve]

You get tail belt static build up with very high head speeds, much higher than you could ever imagine on a 50 size heli. It's more common on 450 size helis running head speeds of 3000 rpm or higher. No chance on a nitro Rappy.

[trillian]

You get tail belt static build up with very high head speeds, much higher than you could ever imagine on a 50 size heli. It's more common on 450 size helis running head speeds of 3000 rpm or higher. No chance on a nitro Rappy.

I never thought about the headspeed being a factor but the only heli I even suspected of having a static issue was a 450. It seemed to glitch at random on the ground though and not in the air, and then it would stop and not do it again for a while. I ran some bits of wire from the tail boom to the motor mount and that seemed to cure the symptoms but I never knew for sure if it was static.