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  • SweetAccord
    Speed Passion
    • Oct 2007
    • 1302

    #1

    Rudder Pin

    Greetings,

    I don't know if anyone has ever considered this but I'll share my tip. I find that on rudders the stainless steel pin it way overkill. I decided to find a better solution which is to use a solid graphite rod. If anything it's as strong and lighter easy to cut and install. On my lighter setups like a Minicat rudder, I use a hollow tube that can break away as the rudder does not have a kick up system.

    Any thoughts?
  • iamandrew
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2010
    • 577

    #2
    whats wrong with nylon bolts??

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    • SweetAccord
      Speed Passion
      • Oct 2007
      • 1302

      #3
      It's not a bolt, it's the pin that holds the rudder that allows it to turn left and right. On rudders that can kick up, sure use a nylon bolt, but the steel pin is what I'm referring. If replace for solid graphite rod it would be just as strong but lighter to save weight for the people who are trying to save weight or find lighter replacements on hardware to break speed records.
      Last edited by SweetAccord; 03-22-2011, 11:00 AM.

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      • properchopper
        • Apr 2007
        • 6968

        #4
        Good thinking Here's my latest race carnage which your idea could have prevented. I have lots of CF rod from my Heli training wheels. Will give it a try - eyeballing it indicates that the o.d. is the same. Good stuff !
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        • SweetAccord
          Speed Passion
          • Oct 2007
          • 1302

          #5
          Originally posted by properchopper
          Good thinking Here's my latest race carnage which your idea could have prevented. I have lots of CF rod from my Heli training wheels. Will give it a try - eyeballing it indicates that the o.d. is the same. Good stuff !
          Ouch! Well at least it's your rudder not your hull! This is exactly they type of rudder I'm referring to. They just don't have a break away method design. A hollow graphite tube may just be the ticket on these, and if breaks the water line tubing would keep the rudder from being lost but may have to be on tight.
          Last edited by SweetAccord; 03-22-2011, 12:41 PM.

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          • jingalls007
            Fast Electric Addict!
            • Mar 2009
            • 1015

            #6
            How did you get the rudder pin out? I'm trying to switch the servo arm to the right side but can't get the pin out..

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            • SweetAccord
              Speed Passion
              • Oct 2007
              • 1302

              #7
              Originally posted by jingalls007
              How did you get the rudder pin out? I'm trying to switch the servo arm to the right side but can't get the pin out..
              It's tricky, I hope can verbalize it to make sense. If you remove the set screw, take the rudder and pull on it against itself so it's tight against the pin (either push or pull) and then pull up the rudder under tension on the pin. So the motion would be a forward or back pull , then an up push motion. basically you are using the rudder's small gap at the top and bottom to move the pin up. It's a slow process but that is the way I have always removed them without any tools. If it's in there tight, add some lube like WD-40 to release it.

              Hope that makes sense.

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              • Boaterguy
                Fast Electric Addict!
                • Apr 2011
                • 1760

                #8
                or get another one of the same size or smaller and just poke it out. remove the set screw though.

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