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Tail Belt to Shaft Drive Adapter
AP200
This adapter is designed for a Raptor 30~50, JR Airskipper, and Trex 600 glow mechanics and includes the short belt that drives the
tail from the main gear, identical to the sport setup. The adapter drives a set of strong bevel gears which
transfers the tail drive to the bottom of the mechanics and provides a 5mm take-off shaft to make the connection
to Approach's flexible tail drive shaft.
AP200 Tail Belt to Shaft Drive Adapter Kit $149.96  |
When you first start working on the adapter, there are a few key areas that you need to
pay attention to ensure the adapter is correctly assembled. Put together the sub-assemblies first by installing the
pins in the gears to position them on the shafts, make sure you position them correctly as the large gear is mounted
on the vertical shaft and the small gear is mounted on the horizontal shaft. As you put together the sub-assemblies
into the side frames, it is paramount that you build the adapter on a flat surface to ensure that the sideframes and
all the bearing blocks are properly aligned. This is the most common reason parts don't fit together well and beginners
have problems.
To use this tail drive shaft adapter, you will also need a shaft driven tail gear box. Many modelers
have asked whether their existing Raptor tail gear box can be adapted to use an input shaft and bevel gears. Approach
Engineering has successfully done this and lists the conversion parts necessary in the manual. In general, modelers
should consider using 30-50 size shaft driven tail gear box commonly found on many sport helicopters. Unfortunately,
it is commonly cheaper to purchase an entire sport model than to purchase a tail gear box piece by piece. Either way
you manage to get your hands on a shaft drive tail gear box, make sure you properly assemble and run-in the mechanics with
the tail gearbox on a sport model or in the fuselage.
We prefer to run at least two gallons of fuel through a new
mechanics before it is installed into the fuselage. Experienced modelers know that if a problem will happen, it normally
happens in the run-in period and making adjustments to any mechanics installed inside a fuselage is normally difficult and
can prevent you from solving the problem. We strongly recommend the run-in before it is installed in the fuselage, but
this is not always possible.
Metal Components:
Side frames, bearing blocks & steel drive shafts.
Plastic Components:
Glass fiber reinforced tail gears.
Rubber Components:
Reinforced Neoprene tail drive belt.
Documentation:
Construction manual with step by step photographs.
The following photos show a selection of photos to give you a better idea of exactly what you will
receive with this conversion kit.
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Assembled tail drive adapter without the belt installed. | |
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Assembled tail drive adapter, left side. |
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Assembled tail drive adapter with the belt but without the short tail boom section. | |
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Tail drive adapter attached to the Raptor mechanics. |
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Top view of the adapter installed in the Apache just in front of the rear former. | |
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When properly installed, the adapter does not require support to the fuselage sides. |
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Overall shot of the Raptor installed in a Super Cobra prototype fuselage using the adapter. | |
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Head on shot of the Raptor installed in a Super Cobra prototype fuselage using the adapter. |
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Right side shot of the Raptor installed in a Super Cobra prototype fuselage using the adapter. | |
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