Mark,<br><br>Sorry to hear about the Brio. The same thing happened on the first flight of my Focus 2. The screw backed out from the metal output shaft and luckily we noticed the hanging linkage before too long. I've since always put a little blue loctite on all my servo screws and haven't had a problem.<br>
<br>Scott<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Ron Hansen <<a href="mailto:rcpilot@wowway.com">rcpilot@wowway.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I found your loose screw....its between you ears:)<br>
<br>
Get to work...hope to see you at the shoot out.<br>
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Ron<br>
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[mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist4-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist4-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] On Behalf Of Mark Atwood<br>
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To: <a href="mailto:verne@mi.rr.com">verne@mi.rr.com</a>; IN, KY, MI, OH, WV<br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist4] Columbus contest<br>
<br>
I have to check..for all I know, these do too. The lesson here...for those<br>
of interest, is to NOT do this stuff at 3am and in a hurry. It's just not<br>
worth it. And if you do...well, check all your work again in the morning<br>
after some sleep!<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 5/27/08 11:47 AM, "<a href="mailto:verne@mi.rr.com">verne@mi.rr.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:verne@mi.rr.com">verne@mi.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> I've heard of guys putting loctite on metal-geared servo horn screws, but<br>
> haven't ever done it myself. The Futaba and JR servos come with a lock<br>
washer.<br>
><br>
> vk<br>
><br>
><br>
> ---- "Atwood wrote:<br>
>> Lol...NO!! Veteran's aren't supposed to make mistakes!!!<br>
>><br>
>> As it turns out...I think I did put the screw in. It's not on my<br>
workbench<br>
>> where it would be if I'd forgotten it. I looked everywhere..hoping to<br>
find<br>
>> proof of my stupidity.<br>
>><br>
>> These were new digital servos, all metal gears and output shafts...so<br>
it's a<br>
>> metal machine screw into metal, as opposed to the old wide thread screw<br>
into<br>
>> nylon. I didn't use any type of locktite or any thing. I'm guessing it<br>
>> just backed out from vibration. I've never had anything like that happen<br>
>> before. That would help explain why it lasted 2 full flights though.<br>
Can't<br>
>> imagine the arm would stay on that long otherwise.<br>
>><br>
>> Lesson learned. The hard way :(<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 5/27/08 10:06 AM, "<a href="mailto:verne@mi.rr.com">verne@mi.rr.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:verne@mi.rr.com">verne@mi.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Ouch, sorry to hear that. BTW, is there any such thing as a "veteran<br>
>>> mistake".<br>
>>><br>
>>> vk<br>
>>><br>
>>> ---- Mark Atwood <<a href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">atwoodm@paragon-inc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> Hey all,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> A rookie mistake has cost me my Brio :( :( My Black Magicıs arenıt<br>
>>>> complete yet so I currently am without an airplane. Shouldnıt be too<br>
long<br>
>>>> to get a BM in the air (a few weeks) especially without the distraction<br>
of<br>
>>>> flying...lol.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> As such, I wonıt be attending next weekend :(:( Iıll be busy painting<br>
and<br>
>>>> covering.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thereıs an outside chance I may still go to the shootout and share an<br>
>>>> airplane with Bill Pritchett...weıll see.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> -Mark<br>
>>>> PS...the Rookie mistake was changing Aileron servos at 3am and<br>
forgetting a<br>
>>>> servo screw. Servo arm came off on the 3rd flight (surprised it lasted<br>
>>>> that<br>
>>>> long) and the resulting flutter was too much drag on the wing even at<br>
low<br>
>>>> throttle....just a slow spiral in. Fiberglass and deceleration trauma<br>
are<br>
>>>> not pretty.<br>
>>><br>
>><br>
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