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Post  WingingIt74 Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:23 am

What do you guys use for a prop spacer for your display engines?

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Post  microflitedude Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:24 am

WingingIt74 wrote:What do you guys use for a prop spacer for your display engines?


I found a bit of neon blue tubing, and love it. Smile Any kind of tubing will work.
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Post  nitroairplane Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:54 am

WingingIt74 wrote:What do you guys use for a prop spacer for your display engines?

Hubs off of broken props.
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Post  daviddiag Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:30 pm

I use 1/4 " automotive fuel hose, cut into 3/8" lengths. It compresses nicely when screw is tightened and diameter will expand nicely to match drive plate and spinner diameters. See my Black Widow in this months engine poll. It is number 10, the one on the miniature tool box.
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Post  Mark Boesen Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:32 pm

I use small nylon spacers sold at most hardware stores, they dye easy if want them in color.
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Post  jsesere Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:44 pm

I use the same one's as Mark. Cheap and easy to find.
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Post  WingingIt74 Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:46 am

3/8" on those nylon spacers?
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Post  SuperDave Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:42 am

Them's sure purdy lads but I make prop spacers of fuel tubing otherwise too short to be used for it's intended purpose.

Doesn't everyone have a batch of those in the bottom of their flight box?
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Post  RknRusty Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:43 am

SuperDave wrote:Them's sure purdy lads but I make prop spacers of fuel tubing otherwise too short to be used for it's intended purpose.

Doesn't everyone have a batch of those in the bottom of their flight box?
This is for aesthetic appeal in a display case, not functioning to center a prop with a reamed drive hole.

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Post  SuperDave Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:10 am

Rusty:

Oh I know it's the "purdy" thing but since most of my horde of Cox engines spend their time in a closed drawer I'm not terribly concerned.

Only my TD "jewel case" .049 is the exception having the Santa Ana installed fuel tubing prop spacer still in place. Laughing It sits directly below my computer monitor. Cool
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Post  RknRusty Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:11 pm

SuperDave wrote:Rusty:

Oh I know it's the "purdy" thing but since most of my horde of Cox engines spend their time in a closed drawer I'm not terribly concerned.

Only my TD "jewel case" .049 is the exception having the Santa Ana installed fuel tubing prop spacer still in place. Laughing It sits directly below my computer monitor. Cool
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Post  WingingIt74 Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:41 pm

My wife measured the prop hub and it was 1/4". I bought some spacers last night, half of them turned out to be 3/16", which doesn't work. I'll let you know how the 1/4" ones work, as I found out I had a mixed selection today when I returned them for a different size.
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Post  twitch Sat Nov 10, 2012 8:04 am

Mark, I really like your Nylon Spacers idea (and your RR1's!). I think I would like to try them but would prefer to use the black one you show.

Can you describe how you dye them?

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Post  ZACATTACK Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:42 pm

Where do you get these Spacers from? What Size would I need for a .010 engine? Thanx!
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Post  Motra Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:37 pm

ZACATTACK wrote:Where do you get these Spacers from? What Size would I need for a .010 engine? Thanx!

Any hardware store will have those in the nut and bolt section. Home Depot, Lowes, etc. Just measure the diameter of your prop drive plate or spinner for the size. I use a short section of fuel hose because I don't really like the bulk that the spacer adds to the front of the engine.

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Post  Mark Boesen Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:52 pm

It's pretty easy to dye 'em, use appx. 1/2 teaspoon of RIT dye (powder) and appx. 8 oz. of water. Heat in a really small pan, add some nylon bellcranks and horns while you're at it. Heat to near boil then turn down heat, should take 4-8 minutes, it's really a trial and error thing if you're doing colors, black is back, just keep it in tell its black. I'm not sure how much you'd need for liquid dye, i don't think it as strong, maybe start with 1 teaspoon and add as needed?
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