Wright Stuff C

[klastyioer]

sorry to ask another question, but does anyone have a solution for broken spars on the sym ikara props or ways to repurpose the props once broken?

Thank you,

Ros

dont be afraid to ask questions
my old coach used to make the blades into washers, which was a clever way of repurposing broken props
thing is idk why your spars are breaking, is it because youre trying to adjust the pitch?

[Rossyspsce]

sorry to ask another question, but does anyone have a solution for broken spars on the sym ikara props or ways to repurpose the props once broken?

Thank you,

Ros

dont be afraid to ask questions
my old coach used to make the blades into washers, which was a clever way of repurposing broken props
thing is idk why your spars are breaking, is it because youre trying to adjust the pitch?

Washers for what? Also, they've broken due to the amount of flights I do, I think, as I've done upwards of 250 flights

[klastyioer]

sorry to ask another question, but does anyone have a solution for broken spars on the sym ikara props or ways to repurpose the props once broken?

Thank you,

Ros

dont be afraid to ask questions
my old coach used to make the blades into washers, which was a clever way of repurposing broken props
thing is idk why your spars are breaking, is it because youre trying to adjust the pitch?

Washers for what? Also, they've broken due to the amount of flights I do, I think, as I've done upwards of 250 flights

like washers to put between the prop and the bearing to reduce friction?
theyre like the beads that come w props but theyre plastic washers instead
and that shouldnt happen lol theyre meant to last a while without breaking

[OpticsNerd]

Does anyone other than me have issues with the freedom flight hooks at the front of the plane breaking? This happened to me at a competition when I attempted to wind for a second flight. I tried stretching the rubber a ton and part of the hook just broke off and flew before I had a chance to start winding. I think my hook piece broke only because it was overused because I've used the same one since October. Maybe I should switch to a new one a few weeks before a competition?

[CookiePie1]

Does anyone other than me have issues with the freedom flight hooks at the front of the plane breaking? This happened to me at a competition when I attempted to wind for a second flight. I tried stretching the rubber a ton and part of the hook just broke off and flew before I had a chance to start winding. I think my hook piece broke only because it was overused because I've used the same one since October. Maybe I should switch to a new one a few weeks before a competition?

Maybe you can try winding on a torque meter or something else, but not on the plane itself? I think winding directly on the plane is a little risky.

[klastyioer]

Does anyone other than me have issues with the freedom flight hooks at the front of the plane breaking? This happened to me at a competition when I attempted to wind for a second flight. I tried stretching the rubber a ton and part of the hook just broke off and flew before I had a chance to start winding. I think my hook piece broke only because it was overused because I've used the same one since October. Maybe I should switch to a new one a few weeks before a competition?

yeah theyre pretty fragile, i snapped one once
im assuming you wind on the plane? if youre still having this issue just swap the bearing and use music wire or wind off the plane then transfer

[OpticsNerd]

Does anyone other than me have issues with the freedom flight hooks at the front of the plane breaking? This happened to me at a competition when I attempted to wind for a second flight. I tried stretching the rubber a ton and part of the hook just broke off and flew before I had a chance to start winding. I think my hook piece broke only because it was overused because I've used the same one since October. Maybe I should switch to a new one a few weeks before a competition?

Maybe you can try winding on a torque meter or something else, but not on the plane itself? I think winding directly on the plane is a little risky.

I was thinking the same too. I prefer winding on a torque meter because sometimes when I wind on the plane I'm bending the propeller shaft.

[klastyioer]

Does anyone other than me have issues with the freedom flight hooks at the front of the plane breaking? This happened to me at a competition when I attempted to wind for a second flight. I tried stretching the rubber a ton and part of the hook just broke off and flew before I had a chance to start winding. I think my hook piece broke only because it was overused because I've used the same one since October. Maybe I should switch to a new one a few weeks before a competition?

Maybe you can try winding on a torque meter or something else, but not on the plane itself? I think winding directly on the plane is a little risky.

I was thinking the same too. I prefer winding on a torque meter because sometimes when I wind on the plane I'm bending the propeller shaft.

just wind off the plane there are also a ton of benefits to doing so

[Rossyspsce]

Does anyone other than me have issues with the freedom flight hooks at the front of the plane breaking? This happened to me at a competition when I attempted to wind for a second flight. I tried stretching the rubber a ton and part of the hook just broke off and flew before I had a chance to start winding. I think my hook piece broke only because it was overused because I've used the same one since October. Maybe I should switch to a new one a few weeks before a competition?

I wind off plane but have still multiple of these break, have yet to try a new type of bearing

[calgoddard]

Here is a link to another video recently posted that shows the winding technique described in my March 13, 2019 post in this topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhYSSM8YZVA

The torque meter is not visible in this video. The rear end of the rubber motor is connected to the torque meter.