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Jonathan Ott
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Anyone put their GY401 into one of these yet? Problems?



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I had one and was going to use it BUT the instructions said that you had to heat up the back side in order to get the glue to release and that you have to be careful not to crack the circuit board on the under side. So I decided not to use it.

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Jonathan Ott
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Do you still have it, or did you sell it?

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Jonathan Ott
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I got mine and mounted it up last Friday. No worries taking the bottom of the 401 case off. I used the lighter technique in the instructions, but also used a shaved popsicle stick to pry through the glue. Came off quick and relatively clean. I cleaned the Aluminum vault out real well with denatured alcohol to make sure there were no shavings left in there and it all went together just fine. Looks good too. I’ll get a pic next time I’m in my workshop.

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What does it do????

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Jonathan Ott
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What does it do????

Nothing. It is just an aluminum replacement case for the GY401; it protects the gyro innards from a crash, but that's about it.. I guess it adds a little 'bling' too.

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torenhg
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Great Idea, and just when I thought I was out of future bling potential...

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When I did mine, the 401 never acted right afterwards. i got no instructions with mine though so I had to do it all on my own. Obviously I did not do a great job

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MartyH
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Yeah, I can see a whole host of problems using one of these. First off, disturbing the case of a properly funcioning gyro doesnt sound like a good idea to me. Second you're adding mass to something that is very vibration sensitive and third, instead of protecting in a crash, it's likely increasing the G-load against the gyro as the aluminum won't absorb as much crash energy, it'll transfer it. These are my theories without having seen one, read the directions or tried using one. It does look like a great opportunity for bling for the heli flyer that ran out of things to bling.

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torenhg
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Good points,

If there was not an issue with size or heat, it may be possible to create a case that would go around the existing case. they could add a few heat sinks (baffles) and vibration dampers inside (pill sized snubbers).

Still looks nice though.

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someone pls pm me where can i order one. thanks.

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