nerdnic | How To Balance an EDF

[@paulrkytek6587]

Tried this with my freewing F86 80mm 12 blade in runner, took about 25 minutes to do on the bench, works great, now flyiig super smooth, thanks guys.

[@lmoraisvieira]

I have just balanced my 50mm FMS EDF with these process and worked pretty well, really so easy and I am so happy! Thank you so much! Warmest regards from Rio de Janeiro - Brasil.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Thanks for posting the video and for showing the whole process. So much easier when you see it start to finish!

[@nerdnic]

You got it!

[@gooniac33]

This was before you even knew me!!! Lol

[@IanJefferys]

Thanks guys, just did this on my Havoc Xe. I was skeptical but it worked! Improvement over the factory balance.

[@fyremind]

I just did my eflite 70mm F-16! Hats off to Gooniac !!! Every edf should be checked , jaw dropping difference, Nerdnic does excellent wrap up quick and to the point!

[@RCSuperPowers]

Hey Guys, this is really slick. I've often NOT balanced my EDFs because it's too tedious and time consuming to do it the "perfect way". And of course there are more exact ways to do this and those should be the ultimate goal... BUT... In real life when you just want to make it 90% better in only 10% of the time, this is a heck of a trick! Thanks for showing it up close.

[@gooniac33]

+RCSuperPowers Glad you liked it! We should do a couple follow up videos of the fans that I have balanced in this manor. It has made many people believers at my field and several people have had me balance their fans for them too. 10+ blade fans benefit the most from this method but all of them can be done this way. A properly balanced fan will make a whooshing sound even when 4-8 blades... This may be easy but the results still make it seem like the "Perfect" method for me...

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

I like your method! This looks way easier than trying to tape blades and keep it from flying off into my eye hole!!!

[@richschmit33]

Great technique! I followed the procedure and the difference was amazing! Thanks for posting!

[@denmoran5541]

Can I just check some things, please? You choose a blade and highlight it so that it's in the same static position throughout. Then you adjust the/spinner/boss whilst keeping the original blade in its place, but moving the spinner to the next blade in sequence? One 'setting' will show/sound as quieter/less vibration, and that's the optimum setting? Thanks for the vid, Den

[@martindelrio1891]

Gooniac, have you tryed this? Put a glass of water on the table. the water should make the vibrations visible when the spinning edf gets in touch with the table.

[@sydneysmith8929]

Nice video. I finally got around to balancing some 64mm fans and it works. One thing is if the blades are hitting the shroud I get some sandpaper at the blade/shroud interface and manually sand a small amount off the blades then get on with the balancing.

[@nerdnic]

Great tip!

[@valerijuskaniusas5349]

Very helpful! Can unbalanced fan reach max rpm?

[@georgescarlett5441]

Like the "tape" being on the Outside won't come off? Would it not be better, (after the outside taping) to transfer the tape to the inside of the spinner?? Just sayin'! Gb bg

[@nerdnic]

Hi there. I'm a little confused, isn't that what was done? kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2TdgIOMaqpleNk&t=14m14s

[@georgescarlett5441]

Oops! Sometimes I watch so many Vid's I get confused too. Outside taping was done on another vid I watched, sorry, my mistake!!

[@robertburson8836]

Great vid to make even easier, use a servo tester in place of RX and TX for motor signal.

[@pantro29]

Thanks a lot❤

[@avecforte8851]

Did this for my viper and huge difference

[@jasonrigneyakae4dragongunn30]

This is AWESOME Thank you both!! :-)

[@cuongtu9539]

Great video guys. Now this method works only with factory balanced blade or does it matter?

[@nerdnic]

It shouldn't matter.

[@rendgrish]

Very helpful, thanks guys!

[@markworthington889]

Good job with this video! Thanks!

[@nerdnic]

You got it!

[@rosalynorchard]

Many thanks.

[@nerdnic]

You're welcome!

[@RCEngMagazine]

Nice field balance Nic and Ray! Was this out of the A-10?

[@gooniac33]

no this is one of Nic's fans... he will be using it in a different plane.

[@ficosk8]

Very nice tutorial :)

[@TheStickyBusiness]

Rays looks and specially sound familiar, does he have a YT Channel?

[@nerdnic]

Yep! kzbin.infovideos

[@eriklinwood8862]

nice video!!

[@nerdnic]

Thanks!

[@juliovieitez6976]

A ko na josito. Titulo e casttejano comentarios en idioma raro.acona josito

[@jmastercha]

never explained what you were doing... I can see u turning something but no idea how much or what's going on besides it's working

[@HAMlLTON]

John Cha I imagine the cone is not perfectly shaped so the imbalance in it can counterbalance the imbalance of the blades