Re: Update: Twitchy tail rotor

"coustanis" <wilpotter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:51e0d10e-6f76-4ba5-936f-16581c13e7f6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> One thing I was NOT going to do was buy another stock tail motor.
> Thirty bucks every few flights was not going to cut it.  After looking
> at various options ranging from dual tail motors to brushless I found
> a mod kit to convert it to belt drive so I ordered it.  Cost about a
> hundred bucks including ****pping but not including a required new ESC,
> servo and gyro.  Just the mechanical parts.
> No more tail motor.
>
> I hope to have a bit longer flight time because I'll be driving one
> motor, not two.

There are no free lunches and the power required to hold the heli straight

with a tail rotor hasn't changed in your favour bt going to a belt drive 
using a single motor. In fact, it could be argued that you've added weight

and drag to the transmission, so you're flight times will be slightly
less.
>
> Because the ESC type depends on whether it's used with a brushed or
> brushless main motor, I'll think about it for a few days.  I may get a
> nice powerful brushless main motor and ESC.
> What do you guys think of brushed vs. brushless?

Brushless every time.


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