gforce
Veteran
Location: Jacksonville FL
| Really Payton, quit twisting all of our arms to buy Raptor parts. OUCH, quit it, it hurts, OK, OK, I will buy the upgrades, just please quit hurting me.
Seriously though, I was putting my Falcon together, and when I got to the T/R mechanism, I immediately noticed there was something about it I did not like, namely, the pitch slider could not travel full throw close to the gear box, because the pitch forks hit on the pivot point. And unless you block it with some fuel line, or set your limit up to limit your travel, it will hit. This bothered me. And I wondered how many novices built it, not knowing to prevent slappage, and hit the slider on the gear box. It bothered me and I was looking for a way to imporve it. Then I saw Payton's post on it here, and I was so glad that he had already done the work to find something that worked better. I ordered the Raptor parts before I ever finished the Heli, because I knew it needed something different in the T/R for my flying style. I like to use full rudder available to me. And the stock setup simply does not allow for that, expecially if you use the GY401 like I do that does not have limit settings for either direction.
Then I read some of Payton's other posts about other modifications, and I think they are all great. I especially like the one about the muffler. Nothing worse than a heli, with a big engine, that produces less than optimal power. That is why I got the Falcon 50, more power. |
but maybe somebody can make one. I thing this will help many other people that are interested in a Century heli to make there mind and decided to buy it.
