New way to mount skids:
OK, planted the 600 this last week in a failed auto.Only damage fortunately was a broken rear skid support. Now... I have seen a lot of people mounting BOTH the skid supports backwards lately to where they face aft to keep the tail up...
I left the front support facing forward, and the rear one facing aft. Yes, opposites. I seem to have found the best of both worlds. It is a noticeable difference. Without a battery pack in and the blades folded back, the tail now is off of the ground, when before with no pack and blades folded, the tail rested on the fin. Now, she sits level. It is noticeably more solid with a 6s pack in the nose.
Even though the skid length is the same, I am noticing a better quot;footprintquot; of ground stability. It seems a lot more solid on the ground. Now... Just to paint the skids the same yellow as the bird.
FYI...
That makes scence to me.........I'm going to go that right now!!!!!!!!!
Isn't the whole point really about center of gravity? When the heli is on a level surface and not in the air, it may look better the way it sits, but why is this important? My 2 cents.....I will explain my reasoning.
When the heli is in the air at hover, and not on the bench being admired, the flybar AND the tail boom should be parallel to each other and both should be 90 degrees to the main rotor shaft. This will ensure that the main shaft is perpendicular to the directional pull of gravity (not the bench). Which in turn means that the heli is at its' most stable orientation in flight/hover and should produce minimal drift with very little or no trim adjustments. Did I miss something here?
Originally Posted by aucmaxDid I miss something here?
The reason people have mounting the supports backwards, or as I have just done here, is to help keep the tail out of the dirt during a bad landing. It's purely a ground issue, not a flight issue.
Evidently these new torque tubes are fragile, and a slight TR contact with the ground will strip a gear. Mounting the supports backwards makes it a little harder to strike the tail on a bad landing, or on an uneven surface.
Nothing new. The reason more people don't do this is you will break more skids on hard landings. I know I did when I did that on my 450 for a while.
Sorry, I missed the point of this post.
Thats how I have my vario legs on my stretched trex 600 cameraship.
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