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Braking with self locking nuts

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Braking with self locking nuts
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16-May-2016, 06:09 PM
If I enable damped light for braking are my self locking prop nuts going to listen and fall off?
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16-May-2016, 11:32 PM
No.  (The motors will not reverse direction.)
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17-May-2016, 12:18 PM
Don't worry Smile I never had any sort of proble with prop nuts related to braking either
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17-May-2016, 10:34 PM (This post was last modified: 17-May-2016, 10:35 PM by oyvinla.)
They can I fact go off if you don't tighten them enough. It happened to me while I was flying and quickly let go off the throttle. One of the nuts loosened and the prop fell off. So, make sure to tighten the nuts properly. Or you could get some cw/ccw locknuts from Banggood
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