Play in tail blade grips normal?

[bleomycin]

Hi everyone,

I just had my first 2 flights on the E5, everything went pretty well which was a relief. I'm not 100% confident i assembled the tail grips correctly, should there be a small amount of play in them when pulled and pushed on their spindle? The reason i ask outside of not knowing if that play should be there is i'm running the vbar governor at 2100 rpm in normal, 2200 in stunt 1 and 2300 in stunt 2. Stunt 2 is introducing a pretty bad tail wag (normal is fine), i tried adjusting it on my DX8 at the field but nothing was really helping. Thanks for the help as always!

[Magman Mike]

I just checked mine (25 flights) and I have just enough play that I can feel them move in and out. So "small" amount is relative.

[bleomycin]

Thanks for the reply! I took a short video of mine, does it seem similar to yours? IMG 1573

[Chris Sexton]

Totally normal. This is there by design.  As long as the play is fairly equal and not excessive you are good.  The E7 and N5c are that way too.

[bleomycin]

Thats good news, thanks for the help! I'll check my tail settings in the vbar to see if anything is horribly wrong.

[Matt Botos]

As Chris stated.... I designed this play into the grip. The thrust bearing should never be completely pressed together in these types of assemblies.

Thanks,

Matt