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e-E-Flite Blade CP CX 400-3D > Dual tail motor mod
 
 
stealth916
Veteran
Location: Rocklin, CA

Anyone try the dual tail motor mod from Helihobby? I had talked about this possibility before, but I was surprised to actually find one in production. This spreads the load across both motors to make them last a lot longer.

I wonder how the weight compares to an EDP-50 conversion. I think I may try this out when my next tail motor goes south.



08-25-2005 Over year old.
 
 
iceghost
Heliman
Location: Sylvania, OH

I tried it. It doesn't seem to work much better than the stock set-up. Also, you have to drill it out to fit the Blade's boom and it makes your tail very heavy. Spend your money on a direct drive tail, as that seems to work better. I wasted my money on that dual set-up......... but I'd be willing to sell it if there's any takers!!!!!
08-26-2005 Over year old.
 
 
stealth916
Veteran
Location: Rocklin, CA

Thanks for the info ice.... It did look pretty heavy in the pics to me too.
08-26-2005 Over year old.
 
 
rbiasi
Senior Heliman
Location: La Costa, CA - USA

I was running my Honeybee 2 CP with the dual tail mod for a while. I used the short Hummingbird tail motors to save some weight. They're a few grams lighter than the stock. But like iceghost said, it makes the tail pretty heavy. I had to move the batt way forward to get the CG right.

Also, you'll still burn tail motors with that setup. It takes a while, but they still fry.

On the positive side, I liked the tail authority I got with that mod. The tail was a lot more solid. Especially when I was using the 4 in 1. But when I went to separates the dual tail was causing a lot of cut outs. I guess it was drawing too much power for my 1200mah li-po. So now I'm back to just a single n30 on the tail.
08-27-2005 Over year old.
 
 
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