Tail blade screws

[jrhf]

Hello Guys,

Excuse me for probably stupid question (hey, consider me a newbie, that has just few hundreds of sim stick hours, but almost no real world practice), and my bad english...
I seem to have a problem with tail grip screws - the ones that are holding tail blades (not the hub screws). I know Finless recommends using threadlock on all screws going into metal parts, so provided that I have metal tail grips, it should apply to this place as well, so my general question is:
Do you guys use threadlocker on the tail screws (if yes, the purple or blue one)?
I was always afraid to grease tail screws as they are part that GAUI probably has not come out with as standalone spare part (yet), and by repeated threadlocker application and dis/assembling they may worn out). OTOH, they tend to loosen fairly quick after few flights, but this has probably something to do with my practice of loose tightening to allow blades' mass to settle down in the pull force and avoid vibrations. So the risk of loosing them is fairly high.

Maybe this might serve as an inspiration for Finless' "Blade grips 101"... :)

[psindrup]

Always use thread lock (Locktite) when metal screws into metal
(only exception is when using nylock nuts, like on the main blade screws)

And use CA when metal screws are screwed into plastic

Peter

[Jetleaf]

Blue threadlocker works great. If you order Gaui part number 883503 (Metal Balls Pack) it comes with 10 of the same size screws that fit the tail blade grips. Also the Micro Heli blade grips come with nuts on their screws.

[small.planes]

Threadlocked here to. I used loctite 222 (purple) as the bolts are so tiny.
They are the std M1.4 thread, as used on various other parts of the heli.

Dave

[jrhf]

Thanks guys, you've made my day. Pretty stupid of me - I didnt even think that 883503 screws would be the same as the ones in tail grips. Looks like I have that in my spare parts inventory already. Ahh... that feeling of having spares handy... :)

[Jetleaf]

Thats one thing I like about this heli a lot of the screws and other parts are interchangeable. For example the blade grip screws and the screws that hold the blades in the grips are the same.