spents shorty roofchopper rail build

[spents]

got a little time to do sommat today ,
nothing got done tbh , just a lot of head scratching and trying to work some stuff out for miles bracket as well,
but decided to have a look and see if i could get a different pipe to fit the rail,
vrc pro is a definite no no ,



then had a look at what other pipes i had ,
right side jetpro off the twin is a no no, so is the fg ddm dominator, although the fg pipe was close to actually fitting,



looks like side pipes are out cos of the shape and size of the shorty rail frame,
i thought about using the fast pipe off the delboy rail and fitting the vrc on that car instead,
but the fast pipe is a tad too high for the rear section of the rail to fit back on,



so looks like i'm stuck with the v2 silenced dom,
pulled the baffle out to have a check and its soaked in oil,
i was running this on 25/1 for ages though, now on 32/1
the whole pipes very oily inside, gonna flush it out and put some fresh packing on the baffle,
reason i wanted to change the pipe is that i'm fairly sure its holding the 34 reed back a bit ,

 

[John Parks]

I thought that was a turd at first

 

[Z.hb71]

I thought that was a turd at first

pretty sure spents doesn't go around grabbing turds like you

 

[John Parks]

pretty sure spents doesn't go around grabbing turds like you

If he has kids ill bet your wrong

 

[Z.hb71]

If he has kids ill bet your wrong

pretty sure he doesn't though

 

[DougStar]

wanted to change the pipe is that i'm fairly sure its holding the 34 reed back a bit

Yeah you probably right but if nothing else fits not much to do........just let it rip

 

[spents]

I thought that was a turd at first

@John Parks , no kids and not a turd .

Yeah you probably right but if nothing else fits not much to do........just let it rip

thats the down side of the shorty rails doug, not a lot for pipe fitment

 

[Seandonato73]

pretty sure spents doesn't go around grabbing turds like you

Pretty sure he picked up a pile of bird turd the other day.

 

[Z.hb71]

Pretty sure he picked up a pile of bird turd the other day.

forgot about that poop

 

[spents]

Pretty sure he picked up a pile of bird turd the other day.

yes i did sean , i do live in the countryside so turds everywhere anyways

 

[spents]

pretty sure this 34 reed is cursed ,
went to do some more yesterday and the top right bolt hole on the clutch case stripped straight out, no real torque on the bolt or anything, just stripped ,
coulda left it be, but nope,



so drilled out larger, nutsert fitted as a press fit then squeezed as well,
face machined off flat and thats fixed ,



then checked the bolts all lined up with bell carrier before putting back together,
all good ,



then smmat happened thats very rare for me,
snapped off the clutch perch bolt in the crank,
only 6 nM and it gave way, was a re used bolt so theres a moral there somewhere about re using bolts for cranks ,



so dremeled a slot in the screw and removed with a driver ,
came out fairly well tbh ,



the offending screw removed

 

[szaki75]

again, nice work spents!
do you have a milling machine too for facing the clutch housing? the most sophisticated machine i have is a drillpress.
it’s a good practice not to reuse bolts in critical places like the crank. though i reuse them too, but not the feathering shaft screws in my rc helicopters rotor…. specially when they were involved in a crash previously. happened to me a few times that they gave up in mid-flight (never on the bench of course) and the blades+holders+other miscellaneous parts did like a catapult

 

[Seandonato73]

again, nice work spents!
do you have a milling machine too for facing the clutch housing? the most sophisticated machine i have is a drillpress.
it’s a good practice not to reuse bolts in critical places like the crank. though i reuse them too, but not the feathering shaft screws in my rc helicopters rotor…. specially when they were involved in a crash previously. happened to me a few times that they gave up in mid-flight (never on the bench of course) and the blades+holders+other miscellaneous parts did like a catapult

Sorry not funny, but funny if you've ever flown.

pretty sure this 34 reed is cursed ,
went to do some more yesterday and the top right bolt hole on the clutch case stripped straight out, no real torque on the bolt or anything, just stripped ,
coulda left it be, but nope,



so drilled out larger, nutsert fitted as a press fit then squeezed as well,
face machined off flat and thats fixed ,



then checked the bolts all lined up with bell carrier before putting back together,
all good ,



then smmat happened thats very rare for me,
snapped off the clutch perch bolt in the crank,
only 6 nM and it gave way, was a re used bolt so theres a moral there somewhere about re using bolts for cranks ,



so dremeled a slot in the screw and removed with a driver ,
came out fairly well tbh ,



the offending screw removed

Get that dam thing going spents!

 

[RcJunkie13]

then smmat happened thats very rare for me,

Tbh that’s not even rare for me on nitros… I’ve gotten used to drilling it out

 

[spents]

again, nice work spents!
do you have a milling machine too for facing the clutch housing? the most sophisticated machine i have is a drillpress.
it’s a good practice not to reuse bolts in critical places like the crank. though i reuse them too, but not the feathering shaft screws in my rc helicopters rotor…. specially when they were involved in a crash previously. happened to me a few times that they gave up in mid-flight (never on the bench of course) and the blades+holders+other miscellaneous parts did like a catapult

yes i do have a very small milling machine szaki ,
i don't really use it for facing clutch cases off tbh, just took the thick of the nutsert off with the mill then faced it on the belt sander ,
and lol, yeh reusing bolts in certain places is a definite no no, not sure why i reused on the crank bolt tbh,
probably just me being in a rush ,
and thanks mate

Sorry not funny, but funny if you've ever flown.

Get that dam thing going spents!

yeh it will be soon enough sean ,
still gonna have to be a left handed start job though, right arms still a tad fecked

 

[spents]

thought it was about time i got some rc stuff done ,
so atarted putting the rail back together properly again after the 34 reed air leak fiasco ,



also decided to de-silence the v2 silenced dom,
done in such a way i can re-silence it if i want to , should be nice and loud now ,



got this far, just a few bits n bobs left and it will be fully back together ,