Is there any benefit to using a tapered prop nut?

[Coug90]

I'm curious about prop nuts and have a few questions. I see a lot of guys running a pointed prop nut. Some have set screws and some are threaded, some steel, some aluminum. I'm wondering what, if any, benefit does the pointed nut give? It certainly looks cool, but I've been using a basic 1/8" collar to hold props on since I started. I would think the steel pointed nuts would just add additional weight. I suppose if someone made an aluminum pointed nut for unthreaded shafts of 1/8" or 3/16", I'd try them out. Anyone know if anyone makes something like that? I haven't seen any that aren't threaded, so I've stuck with the collars all these years. I make my own shafts out of 1/8" stainless. I once tried putting threads on the straight shafts I use, but they would not turn out off-center sometimes and I wasn't pleased with it. I always like to learn more, so I'm looking to the brain-trust in this forum for information, thanks.

[Chilli]

IMHO Nope.. I've never seen one at a record trials event in my district.

[revoltrunner]

I'm curious about prop nuts and have a few questions. I see a lot of guys running a pointed prop nut. Some have set screws and some are threaded, some steel, some aluminum. I'm wondering what, if any, benefit does the pointed nut give? It certainly looks cool, but I've been using a basic 1/8" collar to hold props on since I started. I would think the steel pointed nuts would just add additional weight. I suppose if someone made an aluminum pointed nut for unthreaded shafts of 1/8" or 3/16", I'd try them out. Anyone know if anyone makes something like that? I haven't seen any that aren't threaded, so I've stuck with the collars all these years. I make my own shafts out of 1/8" stainless. I once tried putting threads on the straight shafts I use, but they would not turn out off-center sometimes and I wasn't pleased with it. I always like to learn more, so I'm looking to the brain-trust in this forum for information, thanks.

http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...prod=ose-80243

[Doby]

They look cooler...

I've tried both..never noticed a difference.

[madmikepags]

yes they give you a slight advantage in the way your boat looks!!!!!

[785boats]

I've seen many good props lost because the threaded ones have simply spun off. There's no locking nylon in them.

[gsbuickman]

Theres a good reason you'll find them scattered across the bottom of popular ponds and lakes used for rc boats, as well as all of the props that word lost because Lowe's pointed nuts spun off . I don't run anything but locknut's or nylocks.

[Darin Jordan]

If your hub/prop-nut are touching the water while running a race at speed, with a surface drive setup, you're doing something wrong. That part of the prop shouldn't even be in the water...

[Darin Jordan]

If your hub/prop-nut are touching the water while running a race at speed, with a surface drive setup, you're doing something wrong. That part of the prop shouldn't even be in the water...

That being said, Steven DOES have the solution to them coming off...

http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...prod=ose-80243

ose-80243.jpg

[jantagg]

I sick-um behind the regular prop. lock nut. They just look cool.

[SD Eracer]

I use them on my 4S setups because they look good. On my HPR and 6S setups, I use a standard lock nut just in case.