Tail Rotor

This is the route your tail rotor cable takes on its way from the tail rotor to the foot pedals.

This is about balancing your tail rotor pullys

 (1) 
     Don't paint the tail rotor blades after balancing them.
 
 (2)
     Drill a small hole in each tail rotor blade cap.(This allows any built up grease 
     to exit the cap)
 
 (3)
     Make sure you have 1/4"of key protruding past the slider when holding full 
     left pedal and 8 degrees,not 24 degrees.
 
 (4)
     Full left pedal needs 8 degrees and full right pedal needs 24 degrees. I've seen
     it backwards. It won't hover if it's not right.
 
 (5)
     Keep the safety wire slightly loose around the rod ends so that movement 
     isn't restricted.
 
 (6)
     Check clearance of slider bolts and linkage after the tail cone is installed.
 
 (7) 
     Make the tail rotor pitch assembly work as smooth as possible. The smoother it is,
     the easier it will be to fly.
 
 (8)
     In a hover,the pedals should be approximately 1" deflection to the right. This is
     about 11 degrees.
 
 (9)
     Make sure nothing is close to the tail rotor belts. Check this three or four times.
     It seems like every time I look at a ship, either the teleflex cable,wires or
     antenna cables are laying on the belt. This is not good! 

Ed DeRossi