Balance rod for Phantom 4

Mofroggy · May 10, 2016

I just found out that you can get a really high precision prop balance rod especially designed for the Phantom 4 props from www.rcpilotsupply.com. They are great folks to deal with and the price includes the shipping!
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msinger · May 10, 2016

Do you have one? If so, how do you like it?

Joe Lester · May 11, 2016

msinger said:
Do you have one? If so, how do you like it?

Yes, I have one, the rod is ultra smooth and the fit in the prop is perfect. I got the whole system, The Speedy prop balancer and PBR-4 rod combo.They ship fast too!

msinger · May 11, 2016

Got a photo? I'm just wondering what it looks like.

Joe Lester · May 11, 2016

I don't have a photo but you can go to www.rcpilotsupply.com and see photos of the system.
They have them for the Phantom 1,2,3 and 4 and a bunch of other quads.

msinger · May 11, 2016

No worries. I thought maybe you could snap one since you own one.

I double-checked and see they have a photo. I guess I missed it the first time I visited.

Joe Lester · May 11, 2016

I am 71 years old, I know how to take photos but I don't know how to upload them (yet!) but I am working on that:>)

John Locke · May 11, 2016

They don't have a very good photo of the P4 rod that shows the retaining fingers. I wish they had a better close up.

msinger · May 11, 2016

What are retaining fingers?

thunderbird · May 11, 2016

What the balancer does anyway and why props need balancing, sorry, noob question

WWK888 · May 11, 2016

Think of a wheel being out of balance on a car or if the drive shaft is out of balance. You will get a vibration that will affect performance and video quality.

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thunderbird · May 11, 2016

ah ok

Cale262 · May 12, 2016

I just use the rod that comes with the Dubro balancer, fits almost as if it were made exactly for the P4 prop.

johnbowen · May 12, 2016

Do u find that your props are out of balance? I was under the impression that the -p4 props are made to a high tolerance and are well balanced from the factory.

msinger · May 12, 2016

About half of my P4 props were a little off balance. That's been the usual for all of the Phantoms I've purchased in the past though.

Mofroggy · May 12, 2016

The Speedy Prop Balance rod I bought for the Phantom 4 is made to perfectly fit the center hole in the props. I tried my Dubro rod and it was kind of sloppy and hey, for $11.00 delivered how can you go wrong:>)

darbyhouse · May 12, 2016

If out of balance, then what? Add scotch tape to the blade at various points until in balance like you do with a ceiling fan blade? Lol.

Half joking.....

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Cale262 · May 12, 2016

Mofroggy said:
The Speedy Prop Balance rod I bought for the Phantom 4 is made to perfectly fit the center hole in the props. I tried my Dubro rod and it was kind of sloppy and hey, for $11.00 delivered how can you go wrong:>)

You and I must've gotten different rods with the Dubro...Mine is tight in the middle of the prop hole, tight enough that I can even hear the air being displaced when i put it in and suction when I pull it out...

Sim597 · May 13, 2016

I was going to buy one, but when some of these guys I respect a LOT, who have many hours and Inspire's and P2/3/4s tell of DJI having excellent prop tooling and making process, I declined, and coming from a RC airplane hobby back in the day, you'd never think of flying your plane without balancing the prop.

Sim597 · May 13, 2016

darbyhouse said:
If out of balance, then what? Add scotch tape to the blade at various points until in balance like you do with a ceiling fan blade? Lol.

Half joking.....

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That's exactly how you balance them, tiny piece of tape, or with wood ppl used to sand a little off one side, you can also do this with plastic, I dunno, I'd like to be sure, but until I see problems, I have to take for granted that they're pretty well balanced at factory. Some guys said every prop they tested was balanced and no longer even test them.