One of the toughest jobs in that "final set-up" of your heli is making certain that the flybar paddles are perfectly aligned with each other. This is critically important to a smooth flying heli - you want the paddles to be absolutely level and aligned with each other when the swash is level (neutral cyclics). It's hard to do for two reason - one, most stock are paddles self-threading and take a lot of pressure to move, usually resulting in more movement than you wanted. The other reason, as shown in the above photo, is that IT'S JUST HARD TO SEE both paddles at the same time! Plus they are not "flat", so it's difficult to get them very close to level just using the eyeball method.
And that's where the Mavrikk Flybar Paddle Alignment gauges come in. Look at this picture (above)! Pretty obvious that the paddles are NOT very well aligned with each other now, isn't it?
In the above photo the paddles are getting closer - they are ALMOST aligned perfectly. Here's a trick that will save you some hair-pulling: Get the paddles aligned with EACH OTHER, ignoring whether they are level with the swash and so on. THEN, AFTER the paddles are aligned, center all of the cyclics and make sure the swash is level, and loosen the flybar control arms so that you can trun the paddles AND Flybar to be level. re-check that the flybar/paddle assembly is perfectly centered and then level the flybar control arms and tighten them (with some threadlock compound of course!)
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