balancing props
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BerndM
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It isn't worth the effort to try to build your own balancer.
These props are so light it would be difficult to come close to what THIS balancer can do
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__19292__Turnigy_Magnetic_Precision_Prop_Balancer_.html
Buy it, or something similar and be happy!!
These props are so light it would be difficult to come close to what THIS balancer can do
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__19292__Turnigy_Magnetic_Precision_Prop_Balancer_.html
Buy it, or something similar and be happy!!
I've had two. One is the model with a magnet at each end. Less than satisfactory results. Second which is excellent is the Du-Bro. HobbyKing looks somewhat similar to the mag that i had. They also have this one http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=7702. Du-Bro is about $30 or so. Will last you a life time plus....
anaka
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i have this model, it's compact, solid, precise and covers basicly all the balancing needings, also SR helicopters main shafts, tail rotor shafts, blades...all
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OneSkidShort
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I use a nail and sandpaper.....:frog:
I've had the DuBro blade balancer for a while and thought it would be fun to try the Top Flight magnetic blade balancer to see if it was any easier. For the past few hours I've been balancing 3 blade props and for me, Top Flight is actually a little harder and it seems like the Dubro is more accurate.
One thing I noticed on the Top Flight is the cones would separate from the prop from picking it up to add tape, so I have been constantly fighting that while the DuBro with their design with the spring, always stayed nice and snug, less time.
One thing I noticed on the Top Flight is the cones would separate from the prop from picking it up to add tape, so I have been constantly fighting that while the DuBro with their design with the spring, always stayed nice and snug, less time.
aForcefulThrust
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No way to make a good homemade one huh? How do you use a nail and sandpaper? lol.... I'm interested in this too.
skivvie
Member
Just to throw in my $.02... I bought the top flight and found it to be useless. The cones it comes with weren't balanced and neither was the rod... Meaning it wasn't straight. It would settle into the same position alone, and with the cones on it would change and the cones would settle depending on how they were rotated on the shaft. So I'd put a blade on, find what I thought was a heavy side, then, hold the cones and shaft in place and rotate the blade 180 on the shaft axis to double check... And the results would be different every time. It drove me nuts. I tried balancing the cones with glue and hand bending the shaft.... Always different results. I should have returned it before putting the glue on the cones. I just ordered a du bro today to balance my s800 blades. Hope the QC is better on that thing.
OneSkidShort
Member
I either use a large diameter nail or I have a thin metal bar that I support on two blocks of wood. Ideally the bar should be roughly the same size as the bore hole. I suspend the prop, follow the instructions for balancing (many youtube videos out there), and I lightly sand with fine sandpaper the heavy side. Having a balancer is probably easier and better, but this works for me
