So I bought this old kit off ebay and started working on it. It had some missing parts and finding a 450 tail riser has been impossible, so I have to make my own.
its going to use an old used Align 450 I bought from a LHS when it closed down. I will have to change the motor out as it 3400kv. I’ll put a 1800kv motor from motions 450 Helis as it will give me the correct head speed on 4s.
I have the 4 blades floating head which I’m excited to see how it works out. I’m going to have to build my own cascading tail rotor. If I run into issues with that I’ll just use the 4 blade tail rotor. It won loom scale but it will be functional.
I have the whole mechanics tilted forward at a 10-20 deg angle. Because of this I had to get creative on my torque tube drive system. I’m using two of the frame mounts both with stock gears. The upper is there to connect to the auto rotation gear. This then transfers the Roth’s toon to the lower set through universal joint shaft setup.
Then on the tail riser I’m using a transfer gear to then drive the riser gear which will transfer rotation up to the tail drive unit. Simple but complex. I’ll need to make my own attachment plates.
finally it will get nav lights full paint and decals to complete it off. I’m pushing to have it done by summer.
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its going to use an old used Align 450 I bought from a LHS when it closed down. I will have to change the motor out as it 3400kv. I’ll put a 1800kv motor from motions 450 Helis as it will give me the correct head speed on 4s.
I have the 4 blades floating head which I’m excited to see how it works out. I’m going to have to build my own cascading tail rotor. If I run into issues with that I’ll just use the 4 blade tail rotor. It won loom scale but it will be functional.
I have the whole mechanics tilted forward at a 10-20 deg angle. Because of this I had to get creative on my torque tube drive system. I’m using two of the frame mounts both with stock gears. The upper is there to connect to the auto rotation gear. This then transfers the Roth’s toon to the lower set through universal joint shaft setup.
Then on the tail riser I’m using a transfer gear to then drive the riser gear which will transfer rotation up to the tail drive unit. Simple but complex. I’ll need to make my own attachment plates.
finally it will get nav lights full paint and decals to complete it off. I’m pushing to have it done by summer.
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