This. is. AWESOME! Had this vibration problem all the time and tried many things, like a rubber band on the rotor head but this is the best fix yet. To everybody searching for a fix, THIS ONE WORKS LIKE A CHARM!
Thanx a million man . Noticed yesterday the vibration was coming from the servo & was about to buy another one but did wonder if was the main pcb . About to clean right now . Brilliant fault find mate . Cheers Shayne Adelaide auzzie
Good video. The dirt that you removed is actually mostly carbon powder residue produced from the gold plated contacts rubbing on the carbon strip, in the linear potentiometer. I have not had issues with mine and this maybe due to differences in manufactruring assembly of those particular servos.
Ok thats great !! Just cleaned servo with the oscillating pblm and its fixed .Will do the rest now . Its always the physical stuff that goes wrong in electronics , i should have known ! Thanx so much for your info . I used video head cleaner and a cotton bud . Left servo pcb attatched to main pcb . lots of carbon . all the best mate . Regards Shayne
Hi! First, Thank You for this video post it allowed me to identify and eliminate the source of my Blade mCX2's vibration. However, I took a simpler faster approach (30 seconds) after watching this video. Once I identified the offending servo I used a shot of Radio Shack Electronics Cleaner in the narrow area where you identify the dirt is uning the red spray straw. After this I immediately ran the heli and saw that the vibration was gone. Lastly, I used a can compressed air "duster" (with spray straw) in the same area to blow out any remaining dirt. My mCX2 works nicely now and I hope that you and others find this helpful. Bill
the blackening was not burning, its the carbon rubbing off of the right black contact and being distributed onto the left, right one. great video and very helpful, it looks like. my mcpx arrives tomorrow cannot wait!
another reason for unkown vibrations are sometimes coming from the mainboard itself. it is connected with 2 small screws to the frame and if you have some mechanical vibrations, they are confusing the fbl system on the mainboard. It's easy to decuple this with to small rubber rings from a Nano CPx that are underlying between the rear site of the mainboard and the frame. after that, the mainboard is less sensitive for vibrations from the whole frame of the helicopter.
It seemed to work. I've done some other fixes at the same time so I am not sure if cleaning alone helped, but my servos were dirty and I did clean them. Thanks
I haven't encountered this problem quite yet on my mcpx bl, but I know it will be a problem in my future. Dirty servos are always an inevitability. Thanks for posting this video. =)
Very cool video. Thanks for sharing all that you know. My chopper has burned two servos at two diffrent times. one was the pitch servo after just 10 flights and the other was the elevator after 5 more flights. I wonder if what your talking about caused them to burn. Mabey not. The heli only has 40minunts of flight time. Its on its way to HH now for warranty. Again Very cool video.
Sometimes after several flights with no crashes, or a few light crashes, the main shaft bearings become loose, and allow the main shaft to have too much play. This has been the main source of vibrations for my mcpx and mxpx BL. Once I change the bearings, the vibes are gone again until they wear out. I use trinity bearing oil.. I think they are just low quality bearings. I am looking for a good, but inexpensive replacement.
@MarioIArguello Just a tip, vibration also comes from the tail boom flopping, twisting in particular, where the heli has gone through a few crashes and the boom, wether tubular or solid rod, has weakened, this reults in amplification of the tail vibration which the tail gyro tries to keep up with. I dont see these issues because I setup all my helicopters with properly MIA Upgrades designed to make the helicopter more stable and more durable. Check out my site for mCPX videos.
Kalliber, I see one potential problem with your heli from your video - the main blades are screwed too tight which can also cause vibs. The main blades need to move freely that when you position your heli sideways, the blade need to swing downwards freely, but yours does not seem. When I had my first heli, I had some vibs and my heli buddy pointed it out and the vib went away when I loosened the main blades. Hope it helps.
Problem fixed! Thanks for the post! AS FOR ALL YOU CLOWNS CRYING ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE VIDEO, HOW ABOUT A THANKS TO THE MAN WHO POSTED IT? If you're anything like me, you've already spent a lot more time than the length of this video trying to resolve the problem. Otherwise you wouldn't be here. Some peoples disrespectfulness and ungratefulness never cease to amaze me. Thanks again!
Good stuff, very educational. You said something about beeing able to use the feathering shaft from the Walkera 43 and that you would make another video for it, but you didn't? I would really appreciate it if you could get me in the right direction to finding these shafts that are supposedly cheaper :D
I am having with my Nano CP X exactly the same vibration problem that you are describing for you mCP X in your vídeo. I will do the servo cleanning and after that I will tell you what is the behavior diffrence, I mean before and after the cleanning, ok? Very usefull your vídeo Thank you
If you just spray a little contact cleaner into the top and bottom of the servo, and work it in using the cyclic stick then re do it once more to clean out the dirty residue. It saves taking off the tiny servos, and only takes 2 minutes to do all three. And it works perfectly :)
@AceMcMoron Laughable mate. Apt user name. You have two vids, neither of them instructional (ie for support of others) and you're gripe is that this is too long. Cracked me up. Make a concise version and upload it..... Nice job kalliber5. From a forum I found head cleaner for video tapes (retro I know) is pretty much the perfect fluid (alcohol). Used Q tips carefully. Absolutely necessary about every 50 flights if you want accurate collective and cyclic. Amp
i had the vibe problem on mine and was able to fix it with just the grommets behind the links. but, if the vibe comes back, i know what to check next! thanks for this vid dude, very informative!
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I have an msr x that was having this same problem. Thought it was defective and almost bought a new one until this vid. Runs like new now. Thanks.
This. is. AWESOME!
Had this vibration problem all the time and tried many things, like a rubber band on the rotor head but this is the best fix yet.
To everybody searching for a fix, THIS ONE WORKS LIKE A CHARM!
Thanx a million man . Noticed yesterday the vibration was coming from the servo & was about to buy another one but did wonder if was the main pcb . About to clean right now . Brilliant fault find mate . Cheers Shayne Adelaide auzzie
Good video. The dirt that you removed is actually mostly carbon powder residue produced from the gold plated contacts rubbing on the carbon strip, in the linear potentiometer. I have not had issues with mine and this maybe due to differences in manufactruring assembly of those particular servos.
Ok thats great !! Just cleaned servo with the oscillating pblm and its fixed .Will do the rest now . Its always the physical stuff that goes wrong in electronics , i should have known ! Thanx so much for your info . I used video head cleaner and a cotton bud . Left servo pcb attatched to main pcb . lots of carbon . all the best mate .
Regards Shayne
Hi! First, Thank You for this video post it allowed me to identify and eliminate the source of my Blade mCX2's vibration. However, I took a simpler faster approach (30 seconds) after watching this video. Once I identified the offending servo I used a shot of Radio Shack Electronics Cleaner in the narrow area where you identify the dirt is uning the red spray straw. After this I immediately ran the heli and saw that the vibration was gone. Lastly, I used a can compressed air "duster" (with spray straw) in the same area to blow out any remaining dirt. My mCX2 works nicely now and I hope that you and others find this helpful. Bill
the blackening was not burning, its the carbon rubbing off of the right black contact and being distributed onto the left, right one. great video and very helpful, it looks like. my mcpx arrives tomorrow cannot wait!
another reason for unkown vibrations are sometimes coming from the mainboard itself. it is connected with 2 small screws to the frame and if you have some mechanical vibrations, they are confusing the fbl system on the mainboard. It's easy to decuple this with to small rubber rings from a Nano CPx that are underlying between the rear site of the mainboard and the frame. after that, the mainboard is less sensitive for vibrations from the whole frame of the helicopter.
It seemed to work. I've done some other fixes at the same time so I am not sure if cleaning alone helped, but my servos were dirty and I did clean them. Thanks
I haven't encountered this problem quite yet on my mcpx bl, but I know it will be a problem in my future. Dirty servos are always an inevitability. Thanks for posting this video. =)
@MarioIArguello Flying the helicopter from dusty areas suchs as dirt fields grounds will also affect the open servos operation.
Very cool video. Thanks for sharing all that you know. My chopper has burned two servos at two diffrent times. one was the pitch servo after just 10 flights and the other was the elevator after 5 more flights. I wonder if what your talking about caused them to burn. Mabey not. The heli only has 40minunts of flight time. Its on its way to HH now for warranty.
Again Very cool video.
Sometimes after several flights with no crashes, or a few light crashes, the main shaft bearings become loose, and allow the main shaft to have too much play. This has been the main source of vibrations for my mcpx and mxpx BL. Once I change the bearings, the vibes are gone again until they wear out. I use trinity bearing oil.. I think they are just low quality bearings. I am looking for a good, but inexpensive replacement.
@MarioIArguello Just a tip, vibration also comes from the tail boom flopping, twisting in particular, where the heli has gone through a few crashes and the boom, wether tubular or solid rod, has weakened, this reults in amplification of the tail vibration which the tail gyro tries to keep up with. I dont see these issues because I setup all my helicopters with properly MIA Upgrades designed to make the helicopter more stable and more durable. Check out my site for mCPX videos.
Helped me to solve MPCx issue regarding vibrations. Thank you for upload.
wow, that's a while ago! but youre welcome. glad that it helped you.
Kalliber, I see one potential problem with your heli from your video - the main blades are screwed too tight which can also cause vibs. The main blades need to move freely that when you position your heli sideways, the blade need to swing downwards freely, but yours does not seem. When I had my first heli, I had some vibs and my heli buddy pointed it out and the vib went away when I loosened the main blades. Hope it helps.
Problem fixed! Thanks for the post! AS FOR ALL YOU CLOWNS CRYING ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE VIDEO, HOW ABOUT A THANKS TO THE MAN WHO POSTED IT? If you're anything like me, you've already spent a lot more time than the length of this video trying to resolve the problem. Otherwise you wouldn't be here. Some peoples disrespectfulness and ungratefulness never cease to amaze me. Thanks again!
Good stuff, very educational. You said something about beeing able to use the feathering shaft from the Walkera 43 and that you would make another video for it, but you didn't? I would really appreciate it if you could get me in the right direction to finding these shafts that are supposedly cheaper :D
Thank you Kaliber, great video on how to fix the servos.
Will put this to my list of experience that I will need for the future ;)
Take care!
good video
any tip on how to tell if your 3 in1 is starting to malfunction
Fixed my vibration problem. Also reduced blow out.
I am having with my Nano CP X exactly the same vibration problem that you are describing for you mCP X in your vídeo. I will do the servo cleanning and after that I will tell you what is the behavior diffrence, I mean before and after the cleanning, ok?
Very usefull your vídeo
Thank you
If you just spray a little contact cleaner into the top and bottom of the servo, and work it in using the cyclic stick then re do it once more to clean out the dirty residue. It saves taking off the tiny servos, and only takes 2 minutes to do all three. And it works perfectly :)
Thanks for posting this video! It's like new again!!
brilliant - this advice seems to have fixed my problem. thanks.
very help and very descriptive.
Very well Done Thanks for the Info.
thanks for the video..it helps me..
Nice informative vid. Well done.
hey bro, the MSR x was arrived already what can you say about this? Do you think this will be much better than MSR?
Thanks a lot! Will try it
Thank you a lot for video :-)
Thx a lot!!! it works!!!
good advice very informative, thanks!
Omg I have not cleaned mine yet wow can just see how dirty mines r liked
Very informative video mannnnn thanks a lot for sharing. :-D
@Captan6pack easy there buddy! yr judging the movie by its title!
Thank you for this video!!
@AceMcMoron
Laughable mate. Apt user name. You have two vids, neither of them instructional (ie for support of others) and you're gripe is that this is too long.
Cracked me up.
Make a concise version and upload it.....
Nice job kalliber5. From a forum I found head cleaner for video tapes (retro I know) is pretty much the perfect fluid (alcohol). Used Q tips carefully. Absolutely necessary about every 50 flights if you want accurate collective and cyclic.
Amp
Thanks from me too!!! I solved my problem also!!!
Very good tips. Solved part of the problem for me. For the next video, talk less and act more.
rob b you are still talking too much
Eduardo Schiavon you are still breathing too much
Perfekt THX
O so slow and not main cause of vib . Push main gear up shaft . Done .
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Wow. Talking still? Worse than I thought. ( I can do that all day bro - it's fun for me )
you are wasting your time....cleaning servos only is a temp fix .....they are worn out.....25 bucks is the painful reality
i had the vibe problem on mine and was able to fix it with just the grommets behind the links. but, if the vibe comes back, i know what to check next! thanks for this vid dude, very informative!
O so slow and not main cause of vib . Push main gear up shaft . Done .