Re: Help me , Please!

hi Mark,

I've got a helicopter like yours and it seems I am experiencing the
same problem as you did.

I have the trim turned all anti-clockwise, and all I get is the
helicopter not turning left and I have to hold the left stick all the
way there to keep the helicopter from spinning to the right.

At least I'm fortunate to not loose control of it, and must say that
it flies very well when it works. First flight managed to take it off
the ground, keep it still for around 30 seconds and land it on the
kitchen table without a crash.

When I held lightly the bottom gear and check if the top rotor was
rotating loosely, this does not seem to be the case with mine.

How can I confirm if it's actually the same problem as yours?

Also, I'm not too technical about helicopters and their parts, so not
sure where the glue should go exactly to fix it.

Hope you can help me out?

tks,

Kevin Carbonaro
kevin.carbonaro@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Feb 25, 3:27 am, personable85 <personabl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I solved the spinning problem! Here is what I found.
>
> The top rotor was turning to slow. It is manufacturer's design flaw
> that becomes apparent after the first or second crash. After one or
> two crashes, the axle which turns the top rotor comes loose. There's
> no apparent break to the ****d eye, but its there none-the-less.
> What's happening is this: The gear is turning the axle at let's say
> 1000 RPMs. The axle is loose where it connects to the top rotor. There
> is just enough friction at the connection point of the axle and rotor
> to turn the rotor and make the rotor appear to be functioning
> properly. In reality, the rotor is spinning at say 100 RPMs, much
> slower than the axle is. So, there is not enough force being exerted
> by the blades to raise the helicopter off the ground. In addition, the
> upper rotor is sinning much slower than the lower rotor which throws
> the pitch off and causes the helicopter to spin out of control.
>
> The fix? A little hot glue to secure the axle to the rotor so that the
> axle and rotor now spin at the same RPMs. Everything works like new!
>
> I want to say, that despite this design flaw (this problem will occur
> in every helicopter that eventually crashes. It is inevitable), this
> is a great little helicopter. It is built solid-as-a-rock. You can
> slam it and drop it and it keeps going and going like the Energizer
> Bunny. My only problem now in that the rotors are starting to crack
> from me slaming the helicopter into the wall. I highly recommend this
> helicopter, just be prepared to make the necessary fix.
>
> Thank you all for your help. Your suggestions got me thinking and
> helped me to eventually find and solve the problem.
>
> Happy flying!
>
> Mark