MAXXED
10-20-2006, 10:30 PM
The one thing that bugs me about every micro heli, is a lack of mounting trays for the electronics.
They either expect you to shoe goo everything to each other or use servo tape for everything, and tack it wherever it fits. :roll:
After trying different locations for my brushless ESC, I discovered placing it behind the battery toward the tail boom side was a bad idea.
Combined with the dual tail motor setup, I found myself spending more time flying backwards with all that extra weight in the rear! :lol:
After my last rebuild, I decided to build an accessory tray that would give me a lot of room to hold more electronics.
Having a separate ESC is bulky enough. What if you go to separates and need another tail ESC and a gyro?
I made a template and cut out a tray from a scrap piece of lexan from a monster truck wheel well.
I bent it at a right angle.
The front side slips on to the carbon fiber frame rails, and is secured in place with the trademark fuel tubing that eFlite/eSky uses everywhere on the frame:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/airshop/BladeESCtray-angle.jpg
The bottom edge of the tray bolts to the front landing gear that bolts to the frame:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/airshop/BladeESCtray-bottom.jpg
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. This is a scrap piece of lexan from a painted monster truck body. It starts off metallic black, and fades to white covercoat, as this is a discarded trim piece! :lol:
I drilled four holes and mounted the brushless ESC underneath with tie wraps.
There's plenty of room to slide a 3 cell li-po all the way forward.
Here's a couple of pics with the fuselage installed:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/airshop/Blade-traywithfuselage.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/airshop/Blade-traywithfuselage-front.jpg
Moving everything forward gave the Blade a much better weight distribution balance, and I don't spend as much time flying backwards now! :lol:
They either expect you to shoe goo everything to each other or use servo tape for everything, and tack it wherever it fits. :roll:
After trying different locations for my brushless ESC, I discovered placing it behind the battery toward the tail boom side was a bad idea.
Combined with the dual tail motor setup, I found myself spending more time flying backwards with all that extra weight in the rear! :lol:
After my last rebuild, I decided to build an accessory tray that would give me a lot of room to hold more electronics.
Having a separate ESC is bulky enough. What if you go to separates and need another tail ESC and a gyro?
I made a template and cut out a tray from a scrap piece of lexan from a monster truck wheel well.
I bent it at a right angle.
The front side slips on to the carbon fiber frame rails, and is secured in place with the trademark fuel tubing that eFlite/eSky uses everywhere on the frame:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/airshop/BladeESCtray-angle.jpg
The bottom edge of the tray bolts to the front landing gear that bolts to the frame:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/airshop/BladeESCtray-bottom.jpg
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. This is a scrap piece of lexan from a painted monster truck body. It starts off metallic black, and fades to white covercoat, as this is a discarded trim piece! :lol:
I drilled four holes and mounted the brushless ESC underneath with tie wraps.
There's plenty of room to slide a 3 cell li-po all the way forward.
Here's a couple of pics with the fuselage installed:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/airshop/Blade-traywithfuselage.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/airshop/Blade-traywithfuselage-front.jpg
Moving everything forward gave the Blade a much better weight distribution balance, and I don't spend as much time flying backwards now! :lol: