homemade replacement parts? 4#3 walkera

timwag

was wondering what 2 replace my (?) tail boom leg with ? it seem s the oem part is fibre glass ? and well now shattered and useless is it possible to remove and replace it with say what ever i want as long as im in the same weight range say like stainless steel . also tail rotor where is a good and cheap state side vendor or cross ref part thats not so fragile and any tips on keeping the prop assembly to stop sliding apart? its tiresome , ps im try to save as much money as poss , just got laid off for x-mas, (yes scrooge was my boss) Laughing

thanks to all T.Wag

midnite · Flying Inverted Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 60

Really sorry to hear about your job. Hope everything will turn out well.

About the tail boom. Apparently a paper clip should work. Here's a video on youtube that shows a guy using a paperclip instead of the original tail:

Link

Doesn't show you how well it flies but should be alright.

Hope that helps.

timwag · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:56 am Post subject: found video

ya i found it flying and it worked, was also wondering if here is a cross ref part for the tail rotor cause no has one ? i repaired mine and now its has so much pull it just winds up and pulls itself off.