FF7 Ratchet

[marktigere1]

Hi Folks

After a good suggestion from Steve (The Manager) and a total lack of flying this weekend (work and family stuff) I finally got round to removing the ratchet on my FF7.

Having reviewed the suggestions posted on this venerable forum, and a good bit of trial and error, I went for the 'fuel tube over the spring and a small bend method'.

The result is that I have a good amount of friction on the collective and also a means to return the TX back to its good old 'ratchet' self if I ever part with it.

Many thanks for all suggestions from the thread I posted in Jan 2006

Cheers

Mark

[Steve]

Well done Mark. Your heli will be much nicer now for me to fly next time.

[marktigere1]

Steve

Your welcome to fly real quality any time

And thanks for your help

Cheers

Mark

[bnewman]

This is something i have always wondered about doing?

I have an FF7 and find it very "ratchety" myself, it can be supersensitive on collective with my Rappy 90se, one click up and it climbs, and one click down it descends at hover point. I've usually just gotten over this by adjusting hover pitch pot but still feel limited to within 2 clicks around hover point.

Now, however i have just ordered an FF9, do these TX's suffer from the same kind of stiff clicks and could do with the mod mentioned above? Or are they of small less noticeable increments???

Cheers

[marktigere1]

I think the FF9 is the same.

It really is a very straight forward mod and one I should have done a long time ago.

It was when Steve flew my Heli that I finally decided to actually do it.

Very simple.

Cheers

Mark

[Steve]

Futaba Txs come with the ratchet 'on' with an option (or mod) for you to take it off.

Jr Txs come with the ratchet 'off' with an option to put it on.