[TowerTalk] M2 Orion 2800 question

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 22:34:31 -0500
From: Clay Autery <KY5G at montac.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] M2 Orion 2800 question

<Wow.... with that much potential repair cost, I would replace that bolt 
<with a cross-drilled bolt-head and safety wire it.

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<Clay Autery, KY5G

##  safety wire it...to what ?   I dont see anything to wire it to...esp if the 
self centering guide is used. If the self centering guide is used,  they provide you
with a much longer  .25 – 20  SS bolt. 

##  easiest fix is to just use  either  red or blue  loctite and be done with it. 
On one of my  OR-2800  rotors, the DC type, the final .375 thick main gear was trashed,
along with the smaller, but much thicker gear that drives it, like  really trashed. 
My fix for that was the K7NV  small PP..and  GH  control box. 

##  I also had a 2nd  OR-2800..which used the AC motor.  The cap for the AC motor 
packed it in..and is located inside the rotor.   The mast clamp they provide, although 
looking heavy duty, and weighing a bunch, is less than optimum.   The OR-2800 is a good rotor,
but does have its limitations.   Dont put oversized, large, yagis on it,  esp if they are not  TQ 
balanced.   

Jim  VE7RF