Those Bastards who sell me this Stuff

[janjacobs66]

Thanks !

Will definitely do that - anybody perhaps have a contact no for Fanie ?

[Bundy]

Hi Jan....I really dont like posting others cell no's.... but here is a link to the Skyriders website....no is on it.

http://www.skyriders.co.za/

[janjacobs66]

Accepted !

tks, got hold of Fanie - springs still in stock

p.s. He did caution me that I might have an underlying issue causing the springs to break ( harmonics / prop balancing etc )

[Bundy]

He is very knowlegeable Jan. Better check!

[Xplorer]

I had some Stainless Steel springs made up by Hesper Springs in Paarden Eiland, Cape Town.
I took them a sample and asked them to use thicker wire, and to aim at slightly more spring tension.
Collected them next day and flew many happy years with them, on a system where the manufacturer's original spring seldom lasted more than a few hours.

Since then, every time I get a new engine, I have done the same.
In fact, I order a few more and hand them out to my flying buddies.
Its costs mere pennies per spring.
I don't know how they make money doing such small jobs at such ridiculously low prices.

[pietmeyer]

I have the same problem .Authorized dealer spring (only one specific one) always breaks. Got another spring from another dealer and 25hour later still ok