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HIROBO Turbulence - SDX - Freya - Sceadu > Evo clutch question
 
 
j911brick
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I took the clutch off my Evo to check the clearance between the shoes and the drum - Does anybody know what this specification should be?

I also noticed at the top of the clutch drum, where the gear is, it doesn't fit too closely. In fact there is a good amount of slop. Why? Should it be like this?

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AndyH
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Not sure about the exact clearance, but the tried and true method is to wrap the clutch with two wraps of electrical tape. That should be the proper clearance!

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zoom boy
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Mine still bites a little at idle, it wont rip an arm off but you can feel it.
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j911brick
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I measured the clutches on helis I have. From smallest to largest clutch diameter:

Raptor .037

Caliber .042

Evo .033


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rob_jones
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Location: Oglethorpe, GA

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EVO clutch to liner clearance should be about .5mm

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sir777
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Guys, I have another question: at what throttle (in %) should the clutch engage on the sceadu evo 50 with a os 50 hyper?
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rob_jones
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The % is a difficult question to answer exactly. It depends on a lot of factors.

It should begin to engage at anything above a fast idle. I would say that by about 20% throttle (on the carb barrel, not the radio) it should be fully engaged. But that's a guess based on what I've observed with my copters, so your actual mileage may vary.

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sir777
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I just asked to make sure that my clearance is not too big. How can I say that it is running at high idle? I understand that it is hard to explain, but maybe it is possible. Thank you very much.
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jkelly
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sir777,
You basically want to have a steady idle on the engine. It doesn't matter if it's fast or slow just that it runs reliably at idle. It's nice to also have the clutch aligned well enough that it does not engage the bell and cause any rotor movement. The clutch should begin to operate nearly immediate after raising the throttle.
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sir777
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Thanks, I understand what you mean.
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jerrythercpilot
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at what throttle (in %) should the clutch engage on the sceadu evo 50 with a os 50 hyper?



I think RPMs would be a better gage, and I'm going to guess somewhere between 4-6 K . I'll have to measure it.

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sir777
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How can I measure it? I don't have any special equipment.
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jerrythercpilot
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If you have an optical tach, just measure the rotot rpm when it "engages" and work backwards from the gear ratios. Simple.

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sir777
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Oh I got it and I think that I can do this without optical tach, which I don't have anyway, because when the rotor engages, it spins very slowly, so I can measure rpm by eye. Thank you. I will try doing this when I got my engine back from a small repair.
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sir777
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Yesterday I checked it again and it fully engages at about 20% throttle. I didn't measure the rotor rpm, because it was spinning faster, than I thought and I don't have an optical tach, but anyway, as BimmerM3 told, everything is ok.
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