eddie
RAF, turbo subaru 230hp
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2011
- Messages
- 1,683
- Location
- Polvadera,nm 87828
- Aircraft
- 230 HP turbocharged RAF
- Total Flight Time
- 8,000 plus
I bought my sportcopter blades about a 18 months ago,and had trouble balancing them in the beginning,I finally gave up and added
motorcycle shimmy dampners and just lived with it until several days ago I tried to balance them again,and could never get a good
balance,moving the adjustment one way and then the other it still stayed about the same.
Sportcopter advertised that they come balanced,tracked,and flown,I now have doubts about that statement.
It took 6"s of 3/32" diameter lead solder wire in one blade to balance it,my blades now run smoother than ever and I feel that
I can now finish balancing them. Let me say at this time I really like the quality,and the way they fly, they are really great and very
well built blades,its just that these blades were not balanced,if they were it was not very well done,The real problem was that I thought the blades were
in balance when I bought them and never questioned that the balance could possibly be the problem,I made a setup to balance the blades thinking
that I was wasting my time,the blades were way out and I really questioned my ability to properly balance them,I went through the procedure several
times to prove my results, they were the same everytime.
The old saying about don't believe everything you read or hear really came to bear this time,it cost be a lot of time and more than a 100 hours flying a
really set of crappy out of balance of blades,believing that Sportcopter could not be wrong.
motorcycle shimmy dampners and just lived with it until several days ago I tried to balance them again,and could never get a good
balance,moving the adjustment one way and then the other it still stayed about the same.
Sportcopter advertised that they come balanced,tracked,and flown,I now have doubts about that statement.
It took 6"s of 3/32" diameter lead solder wire in one blade to balance it,my blades now run smoother than ever and I feel that
I can now finish balancing them. Let me say at this time I really like the quality,and the way they fly, they are really great and very
well built blades,its just that these blades were not balanced,if they were it was not very well done,The real problem was that I thought the blades were
in balance when I bought them and never questioned that the balance could possibly be the problem,I made a setup to balance the blades thinking
that I was wasting my time,the blades were way out and I really questioned my ability to properly balance them,I went through the procedure several
times to prove my results, they were the same everytime.
The old saying about don't believe everything you read or hear really came to bear this time,it cost be a lot of time and more than a 100 hours flying a
really set of crappy out of balance of blades,believing that Sportcopter could not be wrong.
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