Balancing
components
<under construction 8-6-1>
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Balancing
components |
| What components need to be balanced on a Raptor 30/50/60? The answer, everything that spins :) Well almost, the main things that are usually the source of vibration are the rotor blades and the fan/hub. Other things to check are the main shaft, tail shaft, start shaft, and even the engine crankshaft. Before I get into the specifics of balancing I feel I must be honest and tell you that in general I don't balance anything except the blades initially. If I see some vibration in flight, then I start checking things like the fan hub, start/main/tail shaft. Nice thing about the plastic 30 machine is you don't have to be as accurate and can get away with just plug-n-play. The 60 class does require you to spend more time with getting everything just right and I do a little more checking during construction of the Raptor 60 then I do with the 30/50. |
Main Rotor
Blades |
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| using minimal equipment | pencil or cups <describe x mark> |
| using best equipment | Koll Rotor Pro |
Fan/Hub |
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| using high point balancer | <mention threads causing offset> |
Main/Tail/Start shaft |
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| using minimal equipment | <mirror> |
| using best equipment | <dail point indicator> |