Blade 400 3d Head Setup Part1

[zi6film]

Sokal just wanted to say a big thanks for your set up videos, im new to flying helis and apart from a toy coaxial i have never tried a collective pitch..So i brought a blade 400 and when i got it it needed a new main shaft and a few other bits..i tried to fly it, at least hover it but something went wrong and ended up buying new blades and another main shaft, so now thanks to your videos i have more confidence knowing its set up as it should be so now with my training arms im ready to try again.

[MentalTeleprosy]

Did I ever mention I love you Sokal? :-D -squiggy wigginz from helifreak

[chiQiboy]

Its vids like this that allow beginners like me into the hobby without giving up at the first hurdle,great work!.

[CrazyHeliDude]

You got a winner here. Nice vid

[vortecroush]

awsome video!!!!!! my servo's were binding up right out of the box. the monitor tells the servo travel? out of the box +10...-4 pitch. i centered the servos,(stunt mode) lowered the tx-stick then manually lowered my swash until the washout block pins were level,out of the box they were sticking thru and binding up. thanks to this u saved my servo's.

[FR4Pilot]

Hello - Great Video - Thanks so much!

I followed along and had to set sub-trims of 50 on the aileron and 40 on the pitch to center the cyclic servos. Couldn't find a better tooth position with the arm. Is this typical?

Thanks!

[wjkssmd]

I think that all the adjustable links above the swash should have starting measurements too. Love Hear your reply.

[wjkssmd]

Sokal, could I suggest one thing? I will anyway...It would help to have a measurement to start with in setting the swash plate in relationship to the head.  Something to get in the ball park on swash height. There are a lot of moving parts and it needs to be easily read with a caliper... I chose from the bottom of a level swash to the top of the allen head bolt that goes through the shaft... this distance can be measured with the head on or off.. I believe that measurement to be 1.555 inches.

[wjkssmd]

Great stuff... I like this alot... one thing that I would change is to add a step to rough in the block early in the process.  That way you are not repeating a lot of adjustments.

[sokal11]

the extra re adjustmants are to fine tune each heli rotor head is slightly diffrent even if i gave my mesurments it would be close but still would have to adj till its perfect

[downwith]

Hey Sokal,

I have just watched you videos and they are fantastic. Before i watched your video my Blade 400 was vibrating and i didn't know why. I have followed your videos step by step and as it turns out my swash plate wasn't level. Thank you so much for this information. My Blade flys 110% better now than it did. I took it for a hover about 10 minutes ago and i barely had to touch the controls, it basically hovered itself. Thank you so much.

Ben

[Shawnee845]

Hey Sokal

The Allen wrench trick is cool but it does not tell you height of the swash plate. I wish there a listing of Swash Plate height for all heli's. that is why a swash plate tool is important.

[sokal11]

swash hight is based on collecive range if not equal once you set 0 pitch swash height is off.

but usually at full pos the phase block is flush with the pins at the bottom or very close to that

[sokal11]

check travel adj

subtrim

and trim all play in the part of the monitor menu

[tepsic66]

Sokal - thank you so much for the videos. Good stuff. I'm trying to correct a right-aileron issue on my Blade 400. Looking at the Monitor on DX6i, I'm noticing the AIL and AUX markers are off center to the right with mid-stick on cyclic and collective. I have to go hard right stick to align. Any ideas how to get those to center? Also I noticed on this video that your THR indicator is far left with your throttle at mid-stick, while everything else is aligned. Is that normal?? Thanks

[tepsic66]

Ah, nevermind on the THR indicator far left.. you were in Throttle Hold. I still don't know why my aileron indicator is right of center when stick is dead center. Any ideas?

[ilikecheetos12]

i ended up getting the hitec hs-65mg..they were quite a bit cheaper....sucks that the blade 400 just keeps on racking up more cost..

[sokal11]

they are good servos as well but IMO not as good as the DS285's but light years better than stock. and yes the stock servos are to fragile for this app. once u have uped all servos and the gyro she is a whole new bird.

[ilikecheetos12]

i saw on another youtubers video...he used the jr DS287MG servos and ...thats what im going to try cause after one day mine are already bad..

[sokal11]

unfortunatly the stock servos are a lil fragile. the ds285 are great and the 287 are a lil faster but less torque both are a good buy IMO

[sokal11]

DS285 cyclic

3400G tail

gy401 gyro

[Nikx012]

What servos are you useing on your cylics?

[trent820]

will the gryo from a venom night ranger 3d XL work on a blade 400?

[sokal11]

any gyro will work as long as the servo ends match you aplication. id recommend you get a good gyro but if thats what you wana use

[KenOgo]

Excellent Video. My own B400 had a bunch issues right out of the box, like the Swash Plate wasn't level, the Washout Arms not level, and blades tracking, and more. She is tight and right now, after watching these vids. Thanks for making these videos, Sokal!

[Gamah1991]

you should ALWAYS disconnect motors no matter what....

[sokal11]

mine was messed up out of the box. i reset the head from scratch. alittle subtrim but just enought to center arms.

but all in all thier great from factory. mine was made on friday i guess but with a lil tlc shes amazing. servos arent the gratest but will do in the begining stages.

[michaeldenham11]

Thanks for the video. How close was the heli to being nicely set up out of the box? Did you have to mess with the subtrims or was that already done during assembly and set up at the factory? Regardless, this is still valuable info for when you are rebuilding or making any changes, I was just wondering how nicely set up they come :) Thanks!

[dldmaniak]

Great Video, helped a great deal...thanks