EP1 propeller shaft!

[Eodman]

Well we dropped our Cat over the weekend and bent the propeller shaft on at least one of the units!

Now are you ready for this ---- acccording to great planes product support the shaft isn't available seperately! In the exploded view found in the owners manual it has an item # assigned to but no Part# !!!!!!!!!!

Only way to get it is buy a new EP1 Now doesn't this suck!!!!!!!

[kck741]

Thats crazy !! May I ask how you bent the shaft

[Eodman]

Yes getting xmas decorations out of the rafters & someone was in a hurry to get to a basketball game!!!!! Knocked it off the workbench!!!!!

[RCprince]

I've had 3 ep-1's and all fell and bent their shafts so I had to make some out of of rods from the LHS I believe 3mm or 4mm anyway I had to put a die on it to get the threads, worked great then I upgraded to a 3/16 shaft the ocutra one i think it's the 4mm to 3/16th kit. GP is lousy when I comes to that EP1 first the brass gears are a poor design for any serious power and replacement parts...otherwise they would of had a killer product. I bought sets of gears from steve already....

[GregS]

I bent the propshaft on mine simply by tightening the prop nut a bit too hard. I bent it back to as straight as I could get it. The prop shaft does bend easily.

Greg

[Steven Vaccaro]

Its the unfortunate part of owning these. But the shafts are usually not the problem. The gears are, and we have an aftermarket source for those.

[RCminded]

What is the source for aftermarket gears I have had one with stripped gears for like a year.

[Steven Vaccaro]

http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/products.php?cat=48

[RCminded]

What are these made out of? Hopefully not brass but anything is better than nothing! I put brushless in mine and toasted the original gears. I called aquacraft and the sent me a whole new motor free! so that one has remained brushed, so far.