sorry if this has been answered already, but where are you guys ordering compy's from? Ive looked everywhere! Hows pricing?

Originally Posted by want2B400Xpert

sorry if this has been answered already, but where are you guys ordering compy's from? Ive looked everywhere! Hows pricing?

Only place to get it.
http://aero-fever.net/

what the avg headspeed on a compy, with the recommended motor?

Dan

Originally Posted by dhoff002

what the avg headspeed on a compy, with the recommended motor?

Suppose I hover at 70% throttle with my 3100kV motor and 9T pinion on 3S. The HBFP main gear has 140 teeth, so the headspeed at 70% throttle and assuming 85% motor efficiency is 11.1V * 3100 * 9/140 * 0.85 * 0.7 = 1316 RPM. I haven't tached mine but that seems in the ballpark.

http://dhrc.rchomepage.com/calc.htm is a good start for headspeed calcs, but it's most accurate for CP max headspeed at zero pitch.

If you want a higher headspeed with an FP, you have to use blades with less pitch and/or smaller diameter.

So I have been having an issue with my anti rotation guide that sits behind the rotor head is too short on my Compy FP fiber frame.

Maybe 3 mm too short. If I do full forward elevator the swash plate will pop out of the guide.
So either I make a longer one or lower the head a bit. I can't limit the travel of the servo because I don't
have a computer radio. I did some searching around and found that some guys are using a Esky CP2 main shaft.
But I believe they are either drilling a new jesus hole or grinding off about 3 MM of the top of the main shaft.

What I am wondering is if the rotor head sits a little lower with the CP2 main shaft. If it does then I won't have to raise my anti rotation guide. I guess the HBFP main shaft is too short and your blade will hit the tail shaft... Correct?

Is there another main shaft instead of the CP2 that will work? Seems that Esky parts are getting very hard to find and I am down to one HBFP esky Head that I share between the Compy and my HBFP.

you could take a few pieces of scrap CF material and just lengthen the guide a little to make it taller...using a little CA(if CA will hold cf ?). then maybe a little piece across the top for a stop

Never had any luck with CA gluing CF

Originally Posted by maarset

So I have been having an issue with my anti rotation guide that sits behind the rotor head is too short on my Compy FP fiber frame.

Maybe 3 mm too short. If I do full forward elevator the swash plate will pop out of the guide.
So either I make a longer one or lower the head a bit. I can't limit the travel of the servo because I don't
have a computer radio. I did some searching around and found that some guys are using a Esky CP2 main shaft.
But I believe they are either drilling a new jesus hole or grinding off about 3 MM of the top of the main shaft.

What I am wondering is if the rotor head sits a little lower with the CP2 main shaft. If it does then I won't have to raise my anti rotation guide. I guess the HBFP main shaft is too short and your blade will hit the tail shaft... Correct?

Is there another main shaft instead of the CP2 that will work? Seems that Esky parts are getting very hard to find and I am down to one HBFP esky Head that I share between the Compy and my HBFP.

You could do like in this post and make new longer links from the swash to the flybar cage lowering the swash. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...30#post7350030

If you look through this thread you can see that some people were using the stock fp main shaft.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=663127

Brillant

After my separated swash mishap I found that my mainshaft had such burrs created by the pins wobbling in the somewhat too big holes that I couldn't get the shaft out of the bearings and ended up cutting it to get it out.

I decided to go a different direction on a replacement shaft and see if I could end up with something less sloppy and more durable, so I got a hardened HDX300 main shaft and am going to take it down to a local machine shop tomorrow to shorten it and get some holes drilled in it (pro bono I hope ). Since I cut my old shaft I can't get an accurate measurement of its length. Can someone measure their stock shaft for me please?

- Doug

Originally Posted by asw20rr

After my separated swash mishap I found that my mainshaft had such burrs created by the pins wobbling in the somewhat too big holes that I couldn't get the shaft out of the bearings and ended up cutting it to get it out.

I decided to go a different direction on a replacement shaft and see if I could end up with something less sloppy and more durable, so I got a hardened HDX300 main shaft and am going to take it down to a local machine shop tomorrow to shorten it and get some holes drilled in it (pro bono I hope ). Since I cut my old shaft I can't get an accurate measurement of its length. Can someone measure their stock shaft for me please?

- Doug

80mm long
Center of bottom hole is 2.5mm up
Center of top hole is 4mm down

The holes are 1.5mm diameter, but the top hole should really only be 1mm.

Hi Folks,

Could someone kindly tell me the tail shaft diameter for the Compy FP?

-Fish

The tail boom is 12mm diameter.
The tail shaft is 3mm diameter.

Originally Posted by HeliFish

Hi Folks,

Could someone kindly tell me the tail shaft diameter for the Compy FP?

-Fish

Actual measurement is 2.95mm or .116 in. Sold as 3mm to fit inside 3mm bearing.
EDIT: Wow, that looked like an attempted one-up. Sorry, OnGuard, you posted while I was measuring and typing.

Originally Posted by maarset

Never had any luck with CA gluing CF

You must not be using the right CA I've CAd CF rod onto my vertical tail fin numerous times. It WILL hold, but can be snapped off when enough force is applied (as in a CRASH ). The trick is use a kicker.

-Dave