I decided to start the CCPM setup from scratch. Right away I started seeing problems with this cage, mostly that is was so loose that the blades moved several degrees with slack. I decided to give it a try anyway.
Gotta love a flybar system!
Blades balanced perfectly.
Well, the short of it is that it wasn't controllable and behaved wildly in pitch change, eventually I just had to put it down. I hit hold and tried to auto down, but it just swung around, and slammed into the ground so hard it bent the feathering shaft, broke one of the main blades, stripped a few teeth on the main gear, maybe a hint of bend I the main shaft, but no other damage. In all my crashes, I have never done that. I checked a box that has a bunch of old heli parts and I found an unused Hobby King 450 Flybar assembly. I always replaced the nylon parts with metal, hence the metal one on this heli. But this one is solid and tight, so I decided to replace the loose metal one with this one
It is actually really nice, and for sport flying more than sturdy enough! It had it's own main shaft. It was pretty much square and level, a few tweaks and it's all set up. I wish I had done this before.
New blades, all ready to test. Got late so it will have to wait until tomorrow. I think its going to fly great, so much better control.
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