(RD-5) RD-5 Rebuild begins

Published: Sun Oct 02 2011

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Today I started the rebuild of ankle cutter. First we shortened the arms a bit. Next we mount the motors in a very different manner than is normal for the Lab, we usually use the 3mm motor shaft add on, but today we mounted the motors inverted, and used the prop saver adapters instead. I am hoping that this will eliminate a small amount of weight, and at the same time, split the spinning mass and balance it above and below the mount plane, creating a prop plane above the mount plane and a motor plane below the mount plane, I am hoping this will increase stability. Further, the Rusty Rev 7 derived frames have been breaking arms too often, it is my hope that the prop saver approach will also reduce arm breakage.