Blade 400 3d Head Setup Part1

Blade 400 3d head setup
servo and swash

Category:

Education

Tags:

• blade
• 400
• 3d

[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

[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

[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.

[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.