MATOS: CORRECTLY ENGAGE THE SCREWS ON YOUR FOIL

To keep the threads of your screw inserts in perfect condition, it is essential to mount your foil by respecting a few basic rules.

•  First, to engage a screw with a chamfered point such as our screws for foil, you must first unscrew. The classic error is to directly screw your screw without having correctly engaged the point of the screw in its insert. This is why people force it and damage the thread. So to engage it perfectly, be sure to first turn anti-clockwise, while letting the screw go down until you feel the thread engage. There should be no resistance when screwing. A valid rule for everything that is to be screwed into an insert 😉

• Second, hold your spanner and screw at 90° of the fuselage. If you screw with an angle, you will inevitably mess up the thread, sooner or later. Repeatedly, this can also seriously deform the head of your screw and the head of your key. A vicious circle because as you damage your screws, the grip of your spanner decreases and the occurrence of this problem will increase. Ultimately, screws can jam completely. So pay attention to these two basic rules.

We also advise you to use Tikal Gel which firmly holds your screws during your session and protects them against galvanic corrosion. This physical phenomenon can, in a humid environment, literally weld metals of a different nature together (for example the aluminum of your mast with the stainless steel of your screws). Tikal Gel creates a separation layer that prevents this phenomenon.

Note that the screw inserts are replaceable on our carbon masts but not on our aluminum fuselages and masts. So be extra careful with your aluminum elements.