Straight Flybar

Apparently, tightening up the set screws that hold the flybar control arms also bends the flybar itself... Not good when you did such an effort to get everything balanced and straight.
The problem seems to be caused by the second hole in the flybar arm bushing (the aluminium block that slides into the flybar control arm). See photo. The set screw pushes the flybar into the hole when fastened, thus bending it. The solution is easy: just make flatten down a second set screw to fill up the hole, such that hole where the flybar goes through becomes perfectly flat. Remember to loctite it in place.

And now you are at it, take a look at the side of the bushing, where the bushing hits the bearing. As you can see the bushing (aluminium) is digging itself into the steel bearing, as usual for all steel-on-alu parts on the Raptor... Maybe an idea to put a steel washer in between?



Unfilled and filled second hole in the flybar arm bushing, and a flattened set screw.


© W.Pasman, 27/1/05.