ORIGINAL: pt40crasher
It is subjected to shear loads every time you make a control input. While mine has also not shown any wear, the 1/8" dowel is not very confidence inspiring and I've heard of a few SSE's lost from this pin moving or breaking. Mine is epoxied in and I'll be leaving it as is. Just sayin'.
CA that pin in place. I had this drift on me during a flight and was lucky to land it in once piece after one of the wings began to rotate.
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