Inner Ring of Swash slight play...

[TheBigE]

Anybody seeing any play in the inner ring of the swash plate?   I have about 40 flights on the machine and have a little bit of play in the inner ring of the swashplate.  I did not notice this before. 

I put a little torque on the screw up front on the swashplate.   It did not seem to make much of a difference. 

I am keeping an eye on it for now, just curious if anyone has seen this after a while. 

Thanks
E

[Anthony Oxlade]

I have just checked my swash (replaced in a crash about 40 flights ago) and also have a very small amount of play. I have not tried tightening anything and i haven't noticed any change in flight characteristics. I would not have noticed if you hadn't asked

[Anthony Oxlade]

I think the play in mine is between the bearing races and so cannot be removed using the clamping screws. I'll take another look tonight.

[Anthony Oxlade]

Well i had another look at it and even though the movement is between the bearing races, tightening the front grub screw has completely removed the slop. The swash still rotates smoothly

[Anthony Oxlade]

Thanks for the info. Can you explain what the 'socket trick' is?

[Matt Botos]

Sorry for the confusion on these posts. Let me clarify.

What you are experiencing is inner race of the bearing tolerance. This can be addressed by gently tightening the set screw. This set screw was placed here by design for removing ball race slop. Be careful with this because over tightening will cause your inner swash to rotate very roughly.

The socket trick is only for tightening the spherical ball after crash impact or something similar. To tighten the spherical ball / clam shell assembly, simply use a socket which matches the diameter of the aluminum ring to press the ring back into place. The aluminum ring is locate on the bottom side of the inner swash.

Thanks,

Matt