[NSRCA-discussion] Nice flying day.

[Michael Wickizer]

Matt:

Locktite on all metal servo horn connections.  Do not put locktite on the 
screws going into plastic, not needed and will damage some plastics.


>From: "R. LIPRIE" <RLIPRIE at centurytel.net>
>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>To: "MATTS NSRCA" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Nice flying day.
>Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:50:13 -0600
>
>Hello all,
>
>Finally had some good weather to go flying, today.
>Blue Skies, wind calm.
>
>Had a malfunction that almost costed me my $3000 dollar plane.  Okay I was 
>in the middle of the Intermediate pattern.  And suddenly I noticed that it 
>was rolling extremely slower than it was when I started the pattern.
>So I told Uncle Mike,that I was gonna go ahead and bring it on in.  So 
>turned around came in for a approach and got a little slow and the that one 
>aileron really wasn't working well going that slow.  So I chopped the 
>throttle and set her down in the grass. And so the mud caught it and made 
>the nose dig into the mud.  (Globs of it were on the plane)..  RAN there to 
>see what the problem was.  To find that my screw came off of the left 
>control rod on the left aileron and absolutely detached the rod from the 
>servo leaving the aileron just dangling in the wind....  Brought it in 
>cleaned it up got a new screw and tightened it as tight as I could get it.  
>  And went ahead and flew one more time.  No problem.
>
>Like I said it was better to get mud all over the airplane than to have it 
>in pieces.  So I saved the day.  Very happy.
>/
>If anyone has any thoughts about controlling the vibrations on the rod 
>please tell me your secrets. thanks
>
>Matthew Liprie


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