T-Rex - Tuning the head

Well after waiting around for that receiver crystal (no not Dilithium)to show up in the mail and driving all over Connecticut looking for one, I had the brilliant idea to try the crystals from my other copter and guess what! they worked!! yeah so All in all it was a good thing because it gave me time to paint the canopies.

Ok, so the next step in the build process is to setup the servos, control arms and links to make the head operate properly and to allow the bird to fly smoothly. What a frigging pain in the Ass! It took me 2+ days to do this and I am still not completely satisfied. I will try to explain this process but I may not make sense. Ok the servo moves the linkages to the swashplate and that in turn changes the attitude of the helicopter. The linkages also control the pitch of the blades ot either increase or decrease the rate of climb. The trick to this head setup is to get all of the links to work together and control the heli. Lets just say it sounds easier than it is. I was cooked after this step, but I trudged on.