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Old 11-07-2008 | 01:11 PM
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Default RE: What is the same diameter but longer than a 4 40 screw

(And make sure you put them back in the block when you're done using them!).
Drats, so many requirements, so many requirements. Putting something back where it belongs is just too tough a requirement. Where do I appeal?

For engines .45 and smaller I sometimes use 6-32 machine screws tapped into the nylon mounts. I check them before every flying day and after a couple flights.
In metal mounts I tap and use large machine screws. 632 thru .60 8-32 through .90. Larger gets 10-24 or 32 whichever I pick up in the box of screws, nuts etc.

In all cases where screws are tapped into a mount at least ONE long screw goes through and has a self locking nut and washer tightened up on the bottom of the mount. No engine has ever departed the flying machine since I started that procedure, but a few screws have, especially when I was an ardent pylon racer.

I have a number of the old Fox Alum. engine mounts and use them whenever I can. They were and are the best ever produced.