motor balance with/without collet adapter?

[Motopreserve]

Hey folks,

I have been doing my best to make sure my quad is as balanced as possible - before I get it into the air, so that any tweaks needed though trim/PID are minimal (hopefully!). I have read a bunch about the pros and cons of collet-style prop adapters, but it's what I have at the moment. It makes sense to me that the cheap adapters (came with the Turnigy D2830/11 motors I bought) may be of such low quality to throw off the balance. This would obviously counteract the balancing I am doing for the motors and props, once the rig is fully installed on the quad.

So I am wondering if it makes sense to balance the motors with the collet adapters installed on the shaft (no prop of course)? Would this help for a better balance - as long as I marked a position of where the adapter would land when tightened to the prop? Thinking I could mark it for repeatability.

Bad idea??? What are you all doing to ensure the best possible balance?

Thanks in advance.

Scott

 

[PeteDee]

Best thing you can do on the XP 2830/11's is to shorten the shafts, they are very long.

Balance will never be as good as the short shaft motors but they work well enough on 3S and a lightweight setup.

Pete

 

[Motopreserve]

Thanks Pete, but any idea on whether or not there is a way to balance taking into account the prop adapter?