29lives, hows yr progect going? im having the same as you 700L with Funkey md500

@@RC_B5 Great! Up n flying. Cosmetics will get better but I'm happy for now. Truth havent decided on scheme/theme yet. Cant remember how to PM/email on here but I'll send you some pics if you want

I’ll try to get one! The main gear has at least 100 flights on it with no visible wear at all with the 10t pinion. I have pulled hard Gs at fairly high head speeds and very low head speeds on the Witte blades. They are awesome. Actually- I had a mishap not long after I shot this vid. Got a new Futaba 18SZ transmitter and copied the file over from the old 14SG. Well- that put a bug in the throttle cut- hard to explain why but on the first flight with the new transmitter, I flipped her over inverted like usual and the motor stopped. Oh my. This about 10 feet off the beach. I managed to roll it upright before it landed hard in the gravel. The blades hit beach wood and gravel. Initially I figured they were done. Upon inspection- all were scratched but very much intact. One blade really scratched and gouged badly. Anyway- some thin CA and after a few repairs to the airframe I flew it. Scared at first… but have dozens of flights on it since. Blades holding fine. They are tough. Haven’t decided if I want to drip another $500 for new ones and a piece of mind.. anyway, if nothing else it’s a testament to their resilience

@@flybuilder great save by the sounds! Would you by any chance remember which main shaft you used, and did you modify the elevator servo support to accomodate the 440 motor diameter?

@@Scottheli99 I honestly can’t remember which shaft I ended up using. If memory serves I bought 4 or 5 different shafts to decide. I did have to grind a little on the elevator servo holder just a little to clear the motor.

Thank you very much for the helpul info. Please feel free to join our RC Scale Helicopters NZ page on “you know what book” …..no “links” allowed here 😎

@@flybuilder have sent you a message on messenger

Thanks! The legs are solid wood with a glass wrap. So too sketchy to try to fish wires- so I ran the wires from the light through the skid tube to the back of the skid, through the side of the plastic cap, forward on the exterior of the tube along the inside (wrapped in black heat shrink and hit glued to skid), then up the exterior inside of the rear legs (in red heat shrink and hot glued), then through the fuse just under the opening of the leg. Hope that makes sense.

Never auto’d this bird.

Just reverse components on the tail rotor assembly and flip over the one way bearing. It’s quite simple.

Sorry for the delayed response- here is his email Witte-Helicopters@web.de

Thanks, I found him in the end and I now also own the same blades 👍