tail push rod guide breakage help

[TheDuck]

Not sure why this keeps happening but my tail push rod guides keep breaking, the rear one first then the front one goes out??
Total G FBL setup with no signs of vibes...
Any ideas guys?
FYI
first set was tight the second set was tight enough you could move them with a little force

[statton1]

i had the rear one closest to the tail break -so i installed another one back there so i have 1 more than what came with the kit -so far so good. i thought i broke it when i was at houston funfly .

[raptorheli2]

i heard they were making new ones-not confirmed though. maybe someone will step up and say.

cheers

[p00rboi]

I went through a total of three of them. All broke from the rear of the boom. I placed the one that has lasted the longest as close to the horizontal fin as possible. I don't know if that helped or if this one is from a different batch. I have seen Lynx aluminium supports on pictures of some of the Team Pilots machine so hopefully they will be released to the general public soon.

[John Cook]

best fix I've. heard of is placing 2 of the stock ones next to eachother. Hopefully it's fixed soon.

[millerman]

Originally Posted by raptorheli2

i heard they were making new ones-not confirmed though. maybe someone will step up and say.

cheers

i was told outrage said not to fly the heli and the replacement parts will be in the uk next week !!

[biglahou]

If you go to helidirect and do a search for LYNX at the bottom of the page they make a CNC guide for both 50 and 90, come in chrome and I use them now and they are great.

Adds bling to the heli as well.
http://www.helidirect.com/lynx-trex-...cs-p-19793.hdx

Better yet here is the link.

[DominicD]

I use the Lynx guides on my 50 but the plastic bit they came with were WAYYYYY too big and were causing the rod to vibrate and resonate like crazy. So i cut and drilled out some 550 links and they work great.

[trextuning]

my understanding is new ones are on the way but until then I've been doubling them up, so a break doesn't end in a crash.

[devens]

Originally Posted by TheDuck

Not sure why this keeps happening but my tail push rod guides keep breaking, the rear one first then the front one goes out??
Total G FBL setup with no signs of vibes...
Any ideas guys?
FYI
first set was tight the second set was tight enough you could move them with a little force

ROFL unreal! What next?

[biglahou]

Originally Posted by HFG

I use the Lynx guides on my 50 but the plastic bit they came with were WAYYYYY too big and were causing the rod to vibrate and resonate like crazy. So i cut and drilled out some 550 links and they work great.

Mine resonate as well, I will do the same and try to get rid of the vibration.

[p00rboi]

I just received my latest order including the upgraded thicker supports. They look very beefy. I'll post back after I get over a dozen flights or so with them.

[raptorheli2]

http://www.helidirect.com/r90n3223-o...ty-p-21079.hdx

link to buy them.

cheers

[Foxden]

Originally Posted by raptorheli2

http://www.helidirect.com/r90n3223-o...ty-p-21079.hdx

link to buy them.

cheers

Save your screws from the originals, these are upgrades and the screws aren't included in the pkg. they weren't in the ones that I received and are not shown in the picture.

[raptorheli2]

bummer- i strip those all the time-thanks for heads up-i'll order spares.

cheers

[Greg Alderman]

Good tip Dom...I have these on my v50...and the resonance bugs me...will do this tomorrow...maybe now I will put the other set I have on the V90 now and do the same!

Thanks Dom!

Originally Posted by DominicD

I use the Lynx guides on my 50 but the plastic bit they came with were WAYYYYY too big and were causing the rod to vibrate and resonate like crazy. So i cut and drilled out some 550 links and they work great.