Has anyone used one of these on the tail?

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...cro_Servo.html

Originally Posted by CatBird

I have yet to break a landing skid, but I've been amazed at how well this Plastruct Plastic Weld (Google that to see a picture) works on other parts made of the same plastic. In my experience, stuff that gets hard (CA and Epoxy) isn't much use on this type of flexible, waxy plastic. Others have reported success with hot glue as well - also flexible.

I just got back from the LHS where I picked up Plastruct Weldene, but after reading from the manufacturer's web site, I see that their Weldene product only works on Styrene plastic. I'm guessing that's not what the landing skid is made of, is it?

... because it didn't bond either. I didn't realize there were different varieties of this stuff. I need the Plastic Weld (as you said)?

Thanks

Originally Posted by brushless55

I had this crazy buzzing vibration thing going on in the tail shaft
so I pulled the tail shaft and put several drops of thick oil on it, re installed the shaft and dang it is smooth as butter now!!

Sounds like you have most likely covered up a mechanical problem with high-viscosity oil. Pretty much all of the possible root-causes & solutions for the tail vibration problems that some of us have experienced have been covered in this thread. If you haven't dynamically balanced the tail rotor assy, I suggest that you do so, as an unbalanced rotating assy is often the root-cause of tail vibrations on this bird. Also check for play in the tail-shaft bearings, pitch-slider, and the ball-end of the rudder pushrod. In some cases, the problem has been an out-of-square tail-shaft. In my case, the tail vibes were caused by excessive play in the tail-shaft bearings and an unbalanced rotating assy. After addressing those issues, mine has been smooth as silk for over 25 hours of flying. I can do scale spool-ups with zero vibes at any RPM, and I don't feel any vibes at any RPM when touching the tail with a finger.

Joel

Originally Posted by turboparker

Sounds like you have most likely covered up a mechanical problem with high-viscosity oil. Pretty much all of the possible root-causes & solutions for the tail vibration problems that some of us have experienced have been covered in this thread. If you haven't dynamically balanced the tail rotor assy, I suggest that you do so, as an unbalanced rotating assy is often the root-cause of tail vibrations on this bird. Also check for play in the tail-shaft bearings, pitch-slider, and the ball-end of the rudder pushrod. In some cases, the problem has been an out-of-square tail-shaft. In my case, the tail vibes were caused by excessive play in the tail-shaft bearings and an unbalanced rotating assy. After addressing those issues, mine has been smooth as silk for over 25 hours of flying. I can do scale spool-ups with zero vibes at any RPM, and I don't feel any vibes at any RPM when touching the tail with a finger.

Joel

The buzzing vibrations I was having had nothing to do with the tail rotor
the metal shaft going through the boom was causing a buzzing type vibration on my heli that was on and off... the vibrations were not consistent so I thought what the heck and oiled the shaft as I knew this could not hurt anything... the KBDD tail blades work great and needed no balancing...

Originally Posted by brushless55

The buzzing vibrations I was having had nothing to do with the tail rotor
the metal shaft going through the boom was causing a buzzing type vibration on my heli that was on and off... the vibrations were not consistent so I thought what the heck and oiled the shaft as I knew this could not hurt anything... the KBDD tail blades work great and needed no balancing...

Now I get it. You lubed the torque-tube, not the tail-shaft. The torque-tube (it's still called the TT even though it's not hollow in this case) drives the tail-shaft, to which the tail blades are attached. Gotta keep the terminology straight.

I've heard of a few cases where the TT was contacting the boom & causing trouble, but have not experienced the issue on mine.

Joel

Originally Posted by turboparker

Now I get it. You lubed the torque-tube, not the tail-shaft. The torque-tube (it's still called the TT even though it's not hollow in this case) drives the tail-shaft, to which the tail blades are attached. Gotta keep the terminology straight.

I've heard of a few cases where the TT was contacting the boom & causing trouble, but have not experienced the issue on mine.

Joel

That's the one!
yeah it sounded like it was touching and making a buzzing vibration, but now all good
this little heil is seriously a cool machine

Originally Posted by MarkEHansen

I just got back from the LHS where I picked up Plastruct Weldene, but after reading from the manufacturer's web site, I see that their Weldene product only works on Styrene plastic. I'm guessing that's not what the landing skid is made of, is it?

... because it didn't bond either. I didn't realize there were different varieties of this stuff. I need the Plastic Weld (as you said)?

From what I understand, Plastruct makes three variations from safer/weaker to nasty/powerful. Weldene is the safest, Plastic Weld is the most powerful. I've used it on a couple of high-stress areas and they're still holding well. I was doubtful but prepared to replace the part anyway, but the Plastic Weld made it nice and gooey on both joining surfaces, I held it a few minutes, and a few hours later it was good to go.

I have several Lipo packs I'm trying out for this heli
all are being put on a 3amp load with my charger for 3min
that is the max I can pull with my charger
My packs I'm trying out....
Thunder Power 325mah 65c ( 21.125a )
Nano-Tech 350mah 65c ( 22.75a )
Hyperion 500mah 35c ( 17.5a )
Xtreme 450mah 65c ( 29.25a )
Pulse 450mah 30c ( 13.5a )
Giant Power 450mah 50c ( 22.5a )

Is that to say the Xtreme delivered the most amps over a 3 minute span and so on? What does the 29.25a represent? Sorry for my lack of knowledge in reading your findings report.
Garry K.

Originally Posted by brushless55

I have several Lipo packs I'm trying out for this heli
all are being put on a 3amp load with my charger for 3min
that is the max I can pull with my charger
My packs I'm trying out....
Thunder Power 325mah 65c ( 21.125a )
Nano-Tech 350mah 65c ( 22.75a )
Hyperion 500mah 35c ( 17.5a )
Xtreme 450mah 65c ( 29.25a )
Pulse 450mah 30c ( 13.5a )
Giant Power 450mah 50c ( 22.5a )

Originally Posted by garryk

Is that to say the Xtreme delivered the most amps over a 3 minute span and so on? What does the 29.25a represent? Sorry for my lack of knowledge in reading your findings report.
Garry K.

That's the "rated" power of the packs

Oh,, OK,,,,, I wander how many amps mine draws?
Garry K.

Originally Posted by garryk

Oh,, OK,,,,, I wander how many amps mine draws?
Garry K.

Average would be about 0.350*60/5 = 4.2 amps. Give or take a couple of amps.

(5 minute flight using 350 mAhr)

Originally Posted by garryk

Oh,, OK,,,,, I wander how many amps mine draws?
Garry K.

I pull about 3.6 amp cont.

So any of those batteries can deliver the demand without even breathing hard?
Garry K.

For hovering, yes.
But as soon as you get more aggressive with the collective the current capability becomes important.