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Location: Hovering around Atlanta
| My Issues with the Kinetic 50...Hi Perry,
Just an FYI, the parrot currently standing on my right arm is also named Perry 
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| Good call on the thrust bearings.
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So far that makes it two for two. I've let Hobbico know about this.
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| Did you have any other issues with your kit.
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One of the threaded pushrods used either for the throttle or collective was too long. It was the same length at one that goes from the swash inner ring to the Bell mixer on the head. One hole was stripped where a link ball was threaded into a roll bellcrank. The flybar seesaw is kept centered in the main rotorhead by two screws, one contacting the edge of each seesaw pivot bearing. One screw was out of contact by maybe two turns allowing the seesaw to float side-to-side off center.
I didn't care for the what I felt was excessive clearance between the tail drive gears so as I mentioned earlier, I shimmed the main gear up .020" (.5mm).
The start shaft return spring is spaced away from the lower support bearing with a washer that is rubbing on the head of the screw that holds the bearing in its block. Whew! I removed the retaining screw and provided a shim washer to space the original spring washer off of the outer bearing race. Not a critical item but I didn't like the way the factory did this. Where's the bearing going to go with a spring pressing down on it?
One "self inflicted" issue was in my assembly of the fittings in the fuel tank. I was holding the tank in my hands completely outside the frames. Somehow I lost my orientation of which side of the tank was the top and installed the vent line pointing down. This made filling the muffler with fuel way too easy!
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| Mine had the tail pitch slider seized to the tail hub. The factory used way too much locktite and the slider was stuck.
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Nothing of that magnitude here. There were set screws not set as tight as I liked in the tail drive system. I did a 100% rekitting of the heli before assembling my way. I'd say it was 95% OK save for the few linkage balls not seated fully. But I'll never fly an ARF anything without poking around inside.
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| The swash balls did not have any locktite on them(the ones that thread into the metal portion of the swash plate.
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There was some on mine but the holding power of the locker was inconsistent. One or two held firm, others spun right out.
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| The only upgrade item besides the head button and anti-rotation bracket I am going to add to this heli is going to be the new turbo cooling fan.
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Good idea for the scale project. I'm sticking with the stock fan for now. If I see heating issues I'll look into getting the upgrade.
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| If you are using the stock plastic fan did you do the fan mod for the starter shaft??
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No, never thought of it. I'm just careful to be sure the driver is fully seated before spinning the starter motor.
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| As to the muffler bolt, no I did not install the bolt first. I got the long bolt to fit none the less. I ground the side frame slightly to make it esier for the muffler bolt to install.
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You answered that question. It's not only the Hyper that needs the bolt installed first. I don't like grinding on stuff. I pulled the engine most of the way out and just managed to slide that pesky bolt in. My muffler is the Audacity Pro Silencer. Fits perfectly but similar to you, I'm having a slight problem with the lower bolt on the muffler side. It's maybe 1mm too long and is contacting the inside of the left frame. That's too bad, it AIN'T commin' out!
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| Not sure why that person did just not cut the fan shourd to fit the cooling head. Why would anyone grind the cooling head instead of the plastic fan shroud???? Lack of forsight???
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LOL!! Beats me! Some people...
HHC
So many heli's - too little time... |
