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l0n3i200n
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Location: South Africa

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Hi all

A mate of mine has a ikarus eco 8 and this weekend he stripped the main gear, now the problem is in South Africa these heli parts are not easy to obtain. ( or atleast we don't know where to get it from in SA)

Anyway I was wondering if anyone can assist with help in parts compatiblilty. Align & Thunder Tiger is pretty big in SA and parts are easily obtainable. Any other heli's or parts that my fit. I was tinking maybe replace the main rotor gear with an Trex 600E's the gearing ratio would be less but he doesn't do any sport flying, just hovering. Please help with a list of common crash parts and replacement compatible parts.

Many thanks
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05-04-2009 07:04 AM
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e-Ikarus Piccolo-Eco 8/16 > frakenstein IKARUS
 
 
Paul_Barsamian
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Eco 8 main gear is a 180 tooth Metric .7 pitch gear. The problem with trying to get a TRex gear on there will be thickness, and you'll have to machine a hub to retro fit if you don't already have an Ikarus hub.

You should still be able to order these gears from Ikarus in Germany, I'd try to get a hold of them directly.

Common crash parts that I keep on had as a whole box of spares includes:

Spindles, Main shaft, main gears, tail shafts, tail hubs, landing gear, booms, and blades.


There are a lot of good custom replacement parts out there as well as this heli is quite mature. Check fxaeromodels.com as I think they still ship internationally. When you order, order a bunch

I've actually got mine torn down and am going to do a rebuild once I have some time. I miss my Eco 8, it was my first real collective machine and was a great flyer.

I ran mine on 4s with the original german made H8 motor that was a monster (or at least way ahead of it's time powerwise).

Son, before you can soar with the eagles you have to learn to sh** with the chickens
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