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M a i n t e n a n c e / S p a r e P a r t s
Always leave a palm for air below the rotor
Maintenance advice
It is advisable, especially after the first flights to check the helicopter carefully. Important screws and ball links may have
loosened. If such things happen at all, they mostly do in the early flights. Screws, which remain tight over the first three hours,
usually remain tight forever. Take a close look to all the components and lubricate the main rotor shaft in the area of the
swash plate with thick grease as well as the tail rotor shaft in the area of the tail rotor slider and all gears (do not use any thin
fluid oil or spray). Frequently check the condition of the O-rings 0102 for damping the feathering spindle. Old and brittle O-
rings may break and fall out of their bushing. Lubricate new rings with Vaseline. Always check the main rotor shaft bearings
for possible roughness after a crash. If necessary, replace them.
Caution:
Rough bearings may cause strong interferences. Check the parts for being bent after a crash.
Usually, the main rotor 0410 shaft as well as the feathering spindle 0110-2010 has to be checked after crash.
Also check the tail rotor shaft 0910-2010 and the tail centre hub 0936. When removing the tail centre hub from the shaft you
can see if the bade holders do a tumbling movement by turning the hub. Unscrew the tail blades, in order to be able to turn
the attachment screw 0911 using an Allen wrench.
If the tail boom hums one time below 1900 RPM the tail rotor blades may not be balanced exactly or one of the support
bushings of one of the drive shaft bearings may have become loose. So the drive shaft 0810 cannot be guided any more.
For exchanging the feathering spindle 0110-2010 at the main rotor head it is sufficient to unscrew one of the two caphead
screws 0119 to pull off the blade holder completely with all its bearings. Do not forgett the grub screw from the seesaw 0140.
The second blade holder and the shaft can be removed together from the centre hub. Fix the shaft in the vice to unscrew the
second screw as well and to remove the blade holder. Check the first bearing 0113 in the blade holder for rough run. This
bearing can be exchanged without having to remove all the other bearings. Simply insert the old shaft, slightly move the
bearing to and fro while simultaneously pulling it out. Sometimes it is helpful to warm up the blade grip for that. The other
bearings of the blade holders usually remain undamaged.
Maintenance:
In opposite to a glow helicopter which is covered with oil automaticly the aluminium partes of an electric version which are not
anodised gets some spots from touching them with perspire fingers. Specially the main rotor and the main blade holders
which will be touched often whilst carrying the helicopter has to be protected from time to time with a little oil or some
protection fluid for aluminium.
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