Re: Trex 450 Tail Drive

"Kevin" <dontemailme@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Beav wrote:
> > "Steve R" <srhodes13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "Tsunami" <nononono@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> "The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net>
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> >>> message news:tm7ou3his5c2ltkebj5f9t03edn4hlsn7g@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>> 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.
> >
> > It was a fairly common practice on the Raptors to stop any "moise"
> > interfering with the radio's. Same with the all plastic Shuttles.
> >
> >> I've never had one break and the only one's I've seen break were in
"very"
> >> severe crashes.
> >
> > I've never seen a belt snap either.
> >
> >> 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!
> >
> > I've sprayed many a belt, but not to avoid any issues other than the
> > interference one I mentioned. AND I'm another Kev too.
> >
> >
> >
> bloody hell us Kev's must out number the rest of the posters
>


My middle name is Kevin  :)