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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / September 2003Raptor 30 Main Blades
Just a quick one. Am currently assembling my new Raptor and was just about to do the blade Mod and noticed that the covering material moves or wrinkles pretty easily. Can only imaging what this material does under flight conditions :-( Can this be removed in favour of paint? Which would also include a very light sanding and rebalance.. Cheers Peter > Just a quick one. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Can this be removed in favour of paint? It can, but it's far easier to attack the covering with a hair dryer. Painting can lead to massive imbalance and a shift of the chordwise C/G rearwards which brings with it some serious tracking problems. Which would also include a very > light sanding and rebalance.. Sometimes a MAJOR rebalance too! Get th' hair dryer out and re-shrink the tubing.  SignatureBeav Please note my E-mail address is "beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com" (with the obvious changes) Beavisland now lives at www.beavisoriginal.co.uk >> Just a quick one. >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Get th' hair dryer out and re-shrink the tubing. I bought myself a nice Black & Decker heat gun from B&Q for about £20 ;-) Great for above, shrinking heat-shrink tubing, and removing labels from parcels :-) (gotta be careful sometimes.. too close and your kits a gonner!) Bargain!! > >> Just a quick one. > >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > parcels :-) (gotta be careful sometimes.. too close and your kits a > gonner!) You wana be real careful there, I hear a nasty rumour that those heat gun things can be used for that strange pastime called 'decorating'. God forbid the wife ever finds out about something like that! A waste of good heli flying time;o) Phil Martin. > > Just a quick one. > > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Beavisland now lives at > www.beavisoriginal.co.uk Thanks for the advice guys. I decided to remove shrink and just dope for now. I will replace with carbon or glass when I am a confident flyer. If that's possible :-) Just bought a full copy of RF G2. Wow is impressive. I am not sure where you are located but here in the states the prices for glass blades is like $28 vs. $22 or something for woodies. Fly yours and when you have your first crash replace them with glass ones. Do NOT forget to remove the covering below the grips. Later, Guy > Just a quick one. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Peter >Just a quick one. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Peter Just reshrink the covering with a heat gun or blowdryer. Just don't get it too close or hold it in one place for too long. |
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