Trex 700N Tail spindle failure

[Nick_C]

Thought i would share this failure with everyone,my tail spindle snapped in half during flight and caused crash ,i know the 700e tail spindles were snapping and advised to change to later ones but i was told it was not necessary for the 700n due to lower tail speed,but obviously they were wrong

[dszabo]

I had this happen to me on the very first flight on my 700e V3, all mine now have the new shaft and hub even the nitro..

[bigpops]

Yep. Seen it in person at my club 2 years ago on a 700N. It was the stepped down tail shaft that was the problem.