Thursday, April 21, 2011

Blade mSR Shortened Swashplate Arms Mod

Swashplate Arms Shortening

It is a hyped mod for E-flite Blade mSR, for which enhancing more cyclic throw and response to this rc helicopter. Though mSR is very stable when hovering, many pilots are not satisfy with the stock setting that limit the potential performance of it.
If you manage this remote control helicopter well enough, you should go for this mod. As this would be one of the most important modifications to optimize mSR’s performance. The cyclic stick sensitivity will be like doubled, low-rate is like stock full-rate, while full-rate will bring your heli to a brand new level regarding to agility. This mod improve handling, enhance outdoor flips and rolls, perform better in windy condition, steeper banking, quicker FFF and stopping ability. Even manage nose-dive well during FF without losing momentum or swinging back.

mSR Short Arms Mods

It is a must to use new swashplate for this modification, because the bearing and ball hub tend to wear out, thus affect the cyclic response significantly. First, take out the swashplate, cut the arms 1.5-2mm shorter than stock.
msr mod
It’ s better to put a stock swashplate aside during the modification for reference.Then glue them back with CA and adding some pressure, it will bond and hold.

blade msr mod msr short arm
Further adjustments for the servo links may required for balancing.
msr short arm modblade msr short arm
You may consider the mSR mod of flybar shortening in future to get a better outdoor performance and reduce pendulum effect.
credit to hydro pyro

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