S76 Mech
Elite Veteran
Location: Hatboro, Pennsylvania
| you know, you have a good point there Rob. I am a pretty decent flyer, and if there is any type of wind, I can't seem to land flat. More often than not, I seem to hit the tail, which never hurts anything other than last week the tail pivot arm snapped but I think that was my fault as it was a harder than usual landing. Normally all I hear is the belt stripping past the grooves, screeching, when the tail blades hit the grass. no biggie though.
The biggest pain with the belt is the tension and keeping the tension the same. Around these parts its been cold. So, going from a warm house environment to the outside cold affects your belt tension. Since going to the CNC boom mount, it seems to hold the belt tension a little better, the plastic mount allowed the boom and belt to slide, and throw off the tension slightly.
I was thinking that a plus to the TT would be.... under hard collective manuvuers, my tail seems to squeal and torque out abit. Almost like it cant handle hard torque changes. I know that alot of this is my collective management. But, until I become as smooth on the sticks as some of the pro's out there, I need all the mechanical help I can get. AND getting the tail to hold better throughout some 3D manuvuers would help out my flying alot.
On my 600N I perform these certain manuevers very smoothly, without any bogging. For instance, aileron tic-tocs. With the 600N I can do them continously, without ever changing the H/S, very controlled. On the Gaui, I have to pause at every tic and toc, allowing the h/s to maintain, then apply the collective alot more slowly, just so I don't bog it down and thus have the tail kick out on me.
I guess what I am getting at is the tail could hold ALOT better IMHO!
" Did you hear, some guy pulled a knife on Mr. Hand"... what movie ? |
