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Stanford
11-06-2006, 11:50 AM
I have about 10 flights on my 90 se and it has always been great. Yesterday I noticed the tail rotor movement seemed slow, and while bringing it back down, I had no rudder at all. I did the best to bring it in but crashed. The brass slider bushing had unscrewed fron the yoke, leaving the rudder useless. Anyone had this problem, and what is the best fix? HELP!!!

bgjames111
11-06-2006, 12:51 PM
the solution is to locktite the brass slider into the the slider!

BarracudaHockey
11-06-2006, 02:03 PM
Yep, theres a cable junction box in my yard with two carbon blade size dents in it from learning the same lesson, something I was finishing up in the wee hours and though I'd "take care of later"

Stanford
11-06-2006, 03:15 PM
Thanks Guys! After finding the problem, I thought locktite was the answer, but wanted to see if there was any other people with luck like mine. Thanks again, now back to damage accessment!