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Good advice thanks. I now put my reverse on my bind button as all the other switches are to easy to accidentally bump. I rarely use the bind button and it takes a deliberate movement to push it. Looking forward to the maiden video. Merry Christmas.
My guess is that the threads are mismatched between the nut and the shaft. The giveaway is the slivers of aluminum that appear as you tighten the nut. If you mix SAE and metric, it will seem to fit until you engage several threads but then it tightens up. Nylon will not cut aluminum. It would be interesting to remove the nylon from one of the nuts and see what difference it makes.
I would have to say the issue is metric verses SAE. I know your a mechanic and probably no better then me but just my guess. Wonder if a drop of red locktite would be a good idea. I have never lost a prop in flight due to a lose nut on the plane, maybe a loose nut on the sticks but not the plane. Then again I have not setup reverse on any of my planes.
I think you bought the wrong size nylock nut, very close but incorrect. That wrong nut recut the original thread when you wound it on. Personally I'd get a new prop shaft because the original nut will be a very loose fit when it recuts the thread back to where it was. That is a recipe for disaster.
I would never, ever use a nylock nut on a prop shaft. You're putting a very wearable soft surface retaining a fast spinning and sometimes reversing shaft. I would say do not do this. You've just been lucky so far. No reason at all to do this.
It’s great to see your back in a vengeance on u tube,,,!!!!!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas. Remember, the four food groups,, candy, candy cane, candy corn, and syrup.
Good advice thanks. I now put my reverse on my bind button as all the other switches are to easy to accidentally bump. I rarely use the bind button and it takes a deliberate movement to push it. Looking forward to the maiden video. Merry Christmas.
My guess is that the threads are mismatched between the nut and the shaft. The giveaway is the slivers of aluminum that appear as you tighten the nut. If you mix SAE and metric, it will seem to fit until you engage several threads but then it tightens up. Nylon will not cut aluminum. It would be interesting to remove the nylon from one of the nuts and see what difference it makes.
I would have to say the issue is metric verses SAE. I know your a mechanic and probably no better then me but just my guess. Wonder if a drop of red locktite would be a good idea. I have never lost a prop in flight due to a lose nut on the plane, maybe a loose nut on the sticks but not the plane. Then again I have not setup reverse on any of my planes.
I think you bought the wrong size nylock nut, very close but incorrect. That wrong nut recut the original thread when you wound it on. Personally I'd get a new prop shaft because the original nut will be a very loose fit when it recuts the thread back to where it was. That is a recipe for disaster.
I would never, ever use a nylock nut on a prop shaft. You're putting a very wearable soft surface retaining a fast spinning and sometimes reversing shaft. I would say do not do this. You've just been lucky so far. No reason at all to do this.