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How to Fix a Broken Fly Bar on an Air Hog

Air Hog is the brand name of company that manufactures indoor toy remote control vehicles, including cars, planes and helicopters. The fly bar is a plastic piece that is mounted on Air Hog RC helicopters. It is responsible for helping to balance the helicopter as it flies and to help control backwards and forwards pitch and rolling maneuvers. If the plastic piece is bent or cracked, it will negatively impact flight of the Air Hog. Replacing the fly bar is the most efficient way of repairing it. Air Hog helicopters air bars are typically attached to the propeller via a small plastic vertical rod.

Things You'll Need

Needle-nose pliers
Replacement fly bar

Instructions

- 1
  Turn the Air Hog power switch to the off position.
- 2
  Determine whether the fly bar is mounted below the propeller or above it. Mounting location will vary with different Air Hog helicopters.
- 3
  Disconnect the vertical rod running from the propeller to the fly bar. Gently pull it apart by hand.
- 4
  Slide the propeller off the helicopter shaft if the fly bar is mounted below it. If the fly bar is mounted above the propeller, slide it off the shaft. Use a pair of needle-nose pliers to help work the propeller and the fly bar off.
- 5
  Slip the propeller back onto the shaft and then the fly bar, if it is a top-mount fly bar. If the fly bar is bottom-mount, slip the fly bar on and then the propeller.
- 6
  Connect the vertical rod between the fly bar and propeller by slipping it onto the ends of each.

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