450 450 Head screw..AKA Jesus Bolt

Island Breeze

Senior Rc-Help Member
So I went thru two batteries yesterday learning my FFF. Low and behold, as soon as i hit my TH to auto (at 2' only) the whole heli starts to shake in mid air. The damm jesus bolt was missing. of course the heli landed in one piece but do you believe that. now what in the world would cause that. Well for starters the head that came with the bird was not an actual jesus bolt but a full thread type. the nut was teflon and for extra measure..kids do not do this at home, i put blue locktite.
I live in guam that has two i mean two LHS that does not cater to heli's, believe it or not.:sorrow: So with out the jesus bolt i am hesitant to put another bolt and have it come off at 30 or 40 feet in the air. Any ideas people? what about stainless?

:emono: this mean's no flight time.
 

breeze400

Spagetti Pilot
You should be using a nylock nut on your bolt. Do not tread lock the nut. The tread lock probubly distroyed the nylon. Thus the nut came loose and came off! If you have a descent hard where store just get a new nut and bolt of the right size.
 
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