Musical wire shaft

[bmazor]

I made musical wire (1/16") shaft for small .20 size toy boat. Looks like work well. I'm assuming 3/32 wire can transfer around 1000 Wt with 20000 rpm. Did anybody has experience with flexible solid shaft? Boris

 

[HOTWATER]

Hi Boris, get a hold of Jeff Wohlt...he makes and sells wire drives and has a vast knowledge of them. I'm sure he would give you all of the answers you are looking for...

Here you go... http://www.rcraceboat.com/Storewiredrive.html

His email: [email protected]

-Kent

 

[bmazor]

Hi Boris, get a hold of Jeff Wohlt...he makes and sells wire drives and has a vast knowledge of them. I'm sure he would give you all of the answers you are looking for...

Here you go... http://www.rcraceboat.com/Storewiredrive.html

His email: [email protected]

-Kent

Hi, Kent! I'm looking for flexible solid wire shaft, not straight! I have enough experience of solid straight shaft. Boris

 

[HOTWATER]

Hi Boris, do you mean like guitar string type? You have me curious now...

-Kent

 

[bmazor]

Hi Boris, do you mean like guitar string type? You have me curious now...

-Kent

It will be 1/16, 3/32, 1/8" wire banded with 3-5' radius for stability and low friction. It have to work like cable shaft. I'll made model to test how long can it survive and how big will be friction. Boris

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Boris, I have run 1/16 music wire shafts in my .12 nitro boats for years. They work very well!

What info do you want to know?

GQ

 

[bmazor]

Boris, I have run 1/16 music wire shafts in my .12 nitro boats for years. They work very well!

What info do you want to know?

GQ

Is this straight or banded? Do you use stuffing tube? how you oil it? Can you post detail picture? Boris

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Boris, the stuffing tube is curved just like one for a flex cable. For lube I drill a small hole in the strut between the ball bearings and squirt oil in with a small oil gun every run or two. An oiler at the top of the stuffing box would be great too (I put one in my latest .12 saw boat but haven't used it yet).

GQ

 

[RaceMechaniX]

Boris,

I run wire drives on several of my SAW boats and FE oval racing boats. I typically use 2mm, 2.5mm or 3mm for some of the high power FE monos. There are slight bends (a single bend only) in all the boats and I usually run a thick Teflon stuffing tube. I set the boats up to take either .150 or 3/16" without a stuffing tube and 2 or 2.5mm with a stuffing tube.

I have a small hole near the motor side to drip some lube into.

It is critically important that the wire be straight entering the motor/engine and in the strut. If you have a bend entering the motor or strut the wire will likely break from my experience.

TG

 

[bmazor]

Boris,

I run wire drives on several of my SAW boats and FE oval racing boats. I typically use 2mm, 2.5mm or 3mm for some of the high power FE monos. There are slight bends (a single bend only) in all the boats and I usually run a thick Teflon stuffing tube. I set the boats up to take either .150 or 3/16" without a stuffing tube and 2 or 2.5mm with a stuffing tube.

I have a small hole near the motor side to drip some lube into.

It is critically important that the wire be straight entering the motor/engine and in the strut. If you have a bend entering the motor or strut the wire will likely break from my experience.

TG

Thanks! It is close to what I will try to do. Boris