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| Topic: ITS BUILT | |
| Gav.S Replies: 34 Views: 202 |
 Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:07 pm Subject: ITS BUILT |
| Hi I checked it looks ok its just when you spool up the boom vibrates side to side but once your upto half throttle its very smooth flys great.I have just put 4 batterys through it once upto speed its ... | |
| Topic: Its finally arrived!!! | |
| Gav.S Replies: 10 Views: 157 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:35 pm Subject: Its finally arrived!!! |
Just get the guts to go inverted and trim that grass  |
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| Topic: How do I test: ESC or motor fail? | |
| Gav.S Replies: 12 Views: 134 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:32 pm Subject: How do I test: ESC or motor fail? |
| I would definitely check those magnets. One of mine came loose and as the relevant coil was sending a pulse it would "misfire". a drop of CA on the re-aligned magnet solved the issue.Have a look here. ... | |
| Topic: ITS BUILT | |
| Gav.S Replies: 34 Views: 202 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:43 pm Subject: ITS BUILT |
| Hunter,
I use rotortech blades and they come with some 0.25mm and 0.15mm thick spacers, before that i used a old credit card  cut into an oval shape, bent over like the tt spacers, put the h ... |
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| Topic: Need help with a strange sound | |
| Gav.S Replies: 19 Views: 179 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:19 pm Subject: Need help with a strange sound |
No joy, i flew on the weekend and the tail kept kicking out during flights  and i suspected that maybe one of the tail assembly bearings was seizing up, took it apart lubricated,fiddled and to ... |
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| Topic: Need help with a strange sound | |
| Gav.S Replies: 19 Views: 179 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:14 pm Subject: Need help with a strange sound |
| Sats, the one-way bearing is still locks up well, it could be the tiny rollers just letting go of the main shaft as the throttle dips and the heads momentum makes the shaft rotate faster than the main ... | |
| Topic: Need help with a strange sound | |
| Gav.S Replies: 19 Views: 179 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:12 pm Subject: Need help with a strange sound |
| OK guys,
Pinion is tight Pinion mesh - fine Ran the motor to full revs while disconnected - fine Ran the motor with all connected without main blades - fine Did the last one up to full revs and ... |
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| Topic: Need help with a strange sound | |
| Gav.S Replies: 19 Views: 179 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:13 am Subject: Need help with a strange sound |
| You could try swinging the mesh lever back to disengage the motor from the drive wheel (might be good idea to remove the blades just in case) and spin it up - if it still squeals you know its the moto ... | |
| Topic: Black skids & green paddles??? | |
| Gav.S Replies: 11 Views: 122 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:09 am Subject: Black skids & green paddles??? |
| Hey DG, you obviously still haven't forgotten your beloved yellow belt-cp |
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| Topic: Need help with a strange sound | |
| Gav.S Replies: 19 Views: 179 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:06 pm Subject: Need help with a strange sound |
Mine is the full SE version, both of them, and i get no piggie squeels from either, so wonder what the difference is, or what you two have done wrong 
85% at mid stick
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| Topic: Need help with a strange sound | |
| Gav.S Replies: 19 Views: 179 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:25 pm Subject: Need help with a strange sound |
| Hi Guys,
I recently upgraded the head and tail to the TT aluminium parts (except washout arms and mixing levers). Now when my headspeed is fairly high (85%) with the throttle at mid stick i'm getti ... |
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| Topic: Tail locked tight | |
| Gav.S Replies: 15 Views: 157 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:13 pm Subject: Tail locked tight |
| I had enough with grub screws heads stripping and screw heads breaking so every time i want to remove a locktite screw i apply a clean soldering iron to the screw for about 10 secs and then remove.
I ... |
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| Topic: My TRex hates me... | |
| Gav.S Replies: 18 Views: 155 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:52 am Subject: My TRex hates me... |
| Its not a good heli, its a great heli.
Good quality parts, only thing i would recommend is getting a external BEC to take the load off the stock ESC as it can run hot. My flying club has a few trex ... |
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| Topic: swash plate pitch direction | |
| Gav.S Replies: 33 Views: 258 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:53 am Subject: swash plate pitch direction |
| Hi Hunter, there is only 1 spacer between the blade holder bearing and the rubber damper.
Sorry to hear about the link rods, that sucks and i know how you feel when you're giving it your best to fini ... |
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| Topic: swash plate pitch direction | |
| Gav.S Replies: 33 Views: 258 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:55 pm Subject: swash plate pitch direction |
| They are brass tapered shims and mine were in the wrong packet. | |
| Topic: swash plate pitch direction | |
| Gav.S Replies: 33 Views: 258 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:25 pm Subject: swash plate pitch direction |
| Good choice. as for low flight times i get 10-11 mins just doing basics and get 8 mins in idle up so i don't think thats bad. | |
| Topic: Main rotors have no power | |
| Gav.S Replies: 18 Views: 111 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:16 pm Subject: Main rotors have no power |
| Check your one-way bearing, especially if you've taken the shaft out, you need to check that all the little roller pins are still in their slots.
Easiest way to check is to hold the main gear and if ... |
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| Topic: swash plate pitch direction | |
| Gav.S Replies: 33 Views: 258 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:26 pm Subject: swash plate pitch direction |
Sometimes the majority is wrong...Who says a swash should move up to increase pitch, maybe all the other helis are designed wrong?? 
Hunter, why would you want to ruin such a unique heli ... |
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| Topic: Motor & Esc runnung temperature | |
| Gav.S Replies: 13 Views: 94 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:22 pm Subject: Motor & Esc runnung temperature |
| Hey Rowdy, the motor could be hot because of a number of things such as gear mesh, belt tension, binding of the swash (unlikely though). The ESC will get hot because of the motor drawing the required ... | |
| Topic: Attack of the dumb thumbs.... | |
| Gav.S Replies: 5 Views: 61 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:29 pm Subject: Attack of the dumb thumbs.... |
| i think everyones brain has farted at one time or another, yours was just a bit more smelly and you can't get away with it this time. |
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| Topic: Belt CP tail servo | |
| Gav.S Replies: 3 Views: 90 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:22 pm Subject: Belt CP tail servo |
| Is your rudder trim centered when you power up? | |
| Topic: mini titan SE v standard mini titan flight times | |
| Gav.S Replies: 7 Views: 130 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:22 pm Subject: mini titan SE v standard mini titan flight times |
| Hey Hunter, if you're worried about the shorter flight times with the SE then get a slightly bigger battery and enjoy the flight times of the stock version with the looks of the SE |
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| Topic: A big crash, not much damage | |
| Gav.S Replies: 13 Views: 133 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:19 pm Subject: A big crash, not much damage |
Theresacsl,it doesn't physically rock, i just used the expression  .Your man won't complain about your heli's coz he probably has more planes |
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| Topic: Drift when i punch throttle | |
| Gav.S Replies: 3 Views: 66 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:33 pm Subject: Drift when i punch throttle |
| What brand gyro are you using, are you using heading hold or rate, does your tail kick the opposite way when you dip the throttle?
A good gyro should eliminate (or not want to work with) complex setu ... |
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| Topic: A big crash, not much damage | |
| Gav.S Replies: 13 Views: 133 |
Forum: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:27 pm Subject: A big crash, not much damage |
Theresacsl, showing off was the cause, was jumping the heli from half a meter up to 2m and back down to half a meter to show off the full positive +10 and full negative -10 pitch  . On about the 7th ... |
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