On Friday, I was excited to fly my FIK 100 at Rancho San Antonio. Unfortunately, after a successful takeoff, the prop saver flew off, and the FIK 100 nosedived, and the front end broke off once again. I then tried to fly the Pico Stick, bt the prop saver flew off that plane too. I talked to another flyer, and he told me to put on blue Loctite so that the screw doesn’t vibrate loose. He also said to file a flat area on the propeller shaft for the prop saver screw to firmly hold on to.
I went to Aero Micro yesterday, and I purchased two prop savers along with 2.5 mm screws which had hex key instead of phillips heads to drive them. The hex key heads are much easier to secure without stripping the head. I also saw a Steven’s Aero Stik kit there, so I picked that up too for a future build along with 4 Futaba micro servos.
The Fik 100 flew off this morning, but for some reason, it had way too much down elevator, so it crashed (again!!! – the front end is like a boxer’s nose now with all the glue jobs I’ve performed on it). I had a successful flight with the Pico Stick, but I broke the right ring when I applied too much elevator during take-off after I tried to fly it again after my run. Fortunately, some polyurethane glue should fix both problems.