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Where do you get your prop adapters???
« on: July 28, 2024, 02:43:37 PM »
I have been having a hard time sourcing prop adapters that fit.
Using a plastic spinner and wooden prop I don’t have enough threads. Or I find adapters with bullet nuts.
When I find them on hobby town or horizons hobby they don’t have the specs. It’s a crap shoot at best. A little help please.



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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2024, 02:46:46 PM »
Lee Machine Shop........

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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2024, 03:16:33 PM »
E-flite makes quite a few:

https://www.e-fliterc.com/e-flite/shop/airplanes/parts-electronics-and-accessories/spinners/

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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2024, 04:23:52 PM »
Quote from: Mike Morrow on July 28, 2024, 03:16:33 PM
E-flite makes quite a few:

https://www.e-fliterc.com/e-flite/shop/airplanes/parts-electronics-and-accessories/spinners/

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There website is useless. No specs on them.
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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2024, 04:25:19 PM »
Quote from: Dave_Trible on July 28, 2024, 02:46:46 PM
Lee Machine Shop........

Dave

Guess I should have been more specific. This is for electrics

He is making collets for Electric???
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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2024, 04:41:14 PM »
What diameter motor shaft(s)?
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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2024, 04:42:55 PM »
Quote from: Paul Taylor on July 28, 2024, 04:25:19 PM
Guess I should have been more specific. This is for electrics

He is making collets for Electric???
Can't say.  However he can make just about anything I've ever asked for.  Call or send him an email.  I'd expect them to head to Muncie by next weekend.

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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2024, 04:55:36 PM »
Get the plastic spinners with the aluminum backplate and call it good. Plastic backplates are always problematic, whether for an electric motor or a good engine.  S?P Steve
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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2024, 05:03:24 PM »
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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2024, 05:31:19 PM »
Quote from: Ken Culbertson on July 28, 2024, 05:03:24 PM
I have been using these.  They make a long thread version.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235661357019?epid=17054540738&itmmeta=01J3XSGAVADTT45P15Y1XHXY6W&hash=item36de82efdb:g:J7gAAOSwPqxiadpv&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8FilwhLB8MRoUEJKZXDb%2B%2B0NSVUFJfNa2XITzxDrnhhk7hiWusBlZECpHiKVrzOoBEEw%2Bc1a5pML%2B2RqnNMIn9a7YGYwn7snAbBJy4ducygpgTIMvQcQWqQgk%2B%2BKrMLET8J1cIzwgOi724KCirDhWOyh9%2Bmv8ein4CL8AfmhArXbvwezV%2B%2F5V6w724QF2tQPUsOzcgMar53%2BpmzqBIan%2Fm8wAt7JtEtwuPq%2BIp8zEP2EYmctsPlRCcuR1pAgtXwZ6ggEXlZB7qkO3z1WCr69SwBdVQzkQUqfqNikBg9761NpfK3k55TH1o%2Bpl0FJOy3g3g%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-atwbmfZA

Be sure to get the 3 year protection plan from Allstate for only $2.99 extra! Naw, don't. But, it would be interesting to see what compensation they offer when you mail in your prop adapter after it went into concrete at a 90 degree angle, and you can't get the nut off, so the prop shards are still firmly bolted on. Remember, you're in good hands with Allstate (palms down).   LL~ Steve

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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2024, 07:02:35 PM »
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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2024, 06:13:28 AM »
You definitely need to talk with Jim Lee @ Lee's Machine Shop. 
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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2024, 07:06:07 AM »
Quote from: Steve Helmick on July 28, 2024, 05:31:19 PM
Be sure to get the 3 year protection plan from Allstate for only $2.99 extra! Naw, don't. But, it would be interesting to see what compensation they offer when you mail in your prop adapter after it went into concrete at a 90 degree angle, and you can't get the nut off, so the prop shards are still firmly bolted on. Remember, you're in good hands with Allstate (palms down).   LL~ Steve

Perhaps the entire nose section. y1   If you can't get the prop nut off you can't get the spinner backplate off. HB~>   If you can't get the spinner backplate off you can't get to the mounting bolts for the motor. HB~>   So you have to send in the whole nose  :! but since you took out the insurance on the fiberglass cloth you ordered you might come out OK #^...or not! LL~
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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2024, 07:47:59 AM »
3pcs Hyperion HP-ADAP-8-50XL

5mm shaft, 8mm prop thread extra long.

All for $45USD plus shipping.

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Re: Where do you get your prop adapters???
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2024, 08:05:09 AM »
Most electric applications use an integral spinner/adapter and/or thin hub electric props.

https://www.horizonhobby.com/product/1.75-aluminum-spinner-with-4mm-and-5mm-collets/EFLSP175.html
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