Re: Trex 450 Tail Drive

"Tsunami" <nononono@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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>> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:56:58 -0400, "Larry" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> >I have a few spares but it is a real pain to change, it takes about an
> hour.
>> >You have to disassemble just about the entire helicopter from the
> connection
>> >of the boom. I always look at the belt and it looks fine. Any 
>> >suggestions
> on
>> >how many hours of flying would be a reasonable time to replace it.
>>
>> I have yet to break a belt in any of my 450's in several hundred
>> flights and well over a dozen crashes..  I run 'em on the loose side
>> and keep 'em lubed with silicone lubricant.  All of mine have the
>> metal drive pulleys.
>>
>
> By silicone lube do you mean the garden variety silicone spray in a 
> pressure
> pack?
> Is this pretty much common to all heli's  ie a good idea for a Blade400
> also???
> Oh yeah and how much how often??
>
> Cheers
>

I would assume he's talking the spray can variety!

Is it common to all heli's with a belt tail drive?  Not by my experience. 
I've never heard of anyone lubing the tail drive belt and I've also found 
them to be very stout.  I've never had one break and the only one's I've 
seen break were in "very" severe crashes.  I've also never seen anything
in 
the instructions for the birds I've owned that had tail drive belts about 
lubing them in any way.  I would think it would tend to attract dirt and 
dust in the long run.  I'm looking forward to hearing "other Kevin's" 
response to this!

Fly Safe,
Steve R.