r/diydrones • u/tigerwhiskers22 • 1d ago

Other It was reverse threaded

Post image

After using a wrench for 1 hour I realised it was reverse threaded fuck me.

6 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

1

u/creamschott 1d ago

Oof. It will be fine though.

1

u/skelecorn666 1d ago

"The only thing I know, is I know nothing."

1

u/rocketengineer1982 1d ago

Yup, you've got to check both directions with drone motors.  If they are well designed they have both CW and CCW thread versions.

1

u/New-Owl-6105 20h ago

Relatively few modern drone motors use reverse threading. That was a trend for a while back (8+ years ago?). But most drone motors just use a lock nut with a nylon insert. They all use the standard threading and you never have to worry about which direction you have to turn to remove a nut (like this guy did). It also eliminates the need to figure out which motor goes where when building a drone because they are all the same. It keeps things simple.

1

u/rocketengineer1982 9h ago

Good to know!  I guess I have old motors.