Swift boom

[philiusm]

Hi,

Sorry if this question has been asked before.

I am finding that the tail boom on my swift gradually slips in to wards the frame and then the belt comes loose.

Everything seems tight and the helicopter is nice and stable normally.

Is there a recognised fix for this out there, please?

Regards Phil M

[Steve Rogers]

You can put a wrap of packing tape around the boom then slide it in to make it a little snugger when you tighten it up or as myself I use some stuff made by Locktite called Stick-n-Seal that is like a rubber cement that will "glue" the boom in. Good thing about it is if you need to remove the boom it will let go with a little coaxing & the residue rolls off easly.

[philiusm]

Thanks Steve, I'll see if I can get something like that over here in Portsmouth UK.

[aramsdell]

Next time you have the boom off slide on a 3rd tailservo mounting bracket. you can cut off excess to taste. Adjust boom/belt slide the bracket up snug and tighten. It may help to change the screw to an allen-head. I change most of my hardware to allen-head. The Century supplied screw are mostly crap and strip out easily. Same applies to my TREX's. Those little phillips are too sofft so I change to allens.