today i had to put a different fuselage into my mast and it was a very tight fit for some reason but it went in and screws aligned with holes. however, after my session i could not remove it. struck it with a rubber head mallet many times but to no avail. anyone out there have a tip for removal? thx.

Are all the screws out? Sounds stupid but I have tried to get mine apart with the horizontal screw still there in the past.

Take the stab off and holding the mast tap the back end of the fuselage on some hard ground, stone, concrete whatever.
The tip is solid titanium, it will be fine and usually this just unseats the fuse from the mast. No need for a mallet ever.

Hope that helps

Good advice above, but make sure you have a screw going through the front wing hole, done up just snug. If you don't, you run the risk of the titanium core slipping inside the carbon fuse. The screw will hold the fuse and carbon core together.

the screws are all out. that would be pretty embarrassing if i left them in while trying! but no tapping or pounding is budging this thing. after many attempts, the screws actually still slide right in, so I'm not moving it at all. afraid i might damage the fuselage and/or the mast , so unless someone knows of a method, this is a permanent pair.

The problem with a rubber mallet in these situations is they don't have the initial impulse compared to a normal hammer due to their shock absorbing nature, even dead blow ones. I've had to do the same before, make sure the mast is very secure on something, a block of hard wood etc and tap the tiatanium end with a normal hammer, be carful don't hit it too hard. The extra impulse from that type of hammer makes a difference and you can get away with it due to the Ti tip, but you need to be careful. That has worked for me before where smacking it endlessly with a rubber dead blow did nothing,

^^^ that

and careful heat one and cold other to get some expansion gap happening. not over 80deg on carbon to be safe

And ...
some things eventually need to be cut to make a relief gap, it can be done and repaired. If so give me a message

same advice but just adding that sometimes a bit of salt and sand contributes- soak it in freshwater, take it out on to the lawn and while its still wet and cool belt the tail on to a block of wood like a straight axe swing

Is it similar to 2 windsurf mast halves stuck?


If so I would patiently tap lightly the fuse at the stab end .. up and down..lef right to crush the sand salt.

www.seabreeze.com.au/Img/Photos/Windsurfing/tn/mini-17271497.jpg' />I had that problem when I was windfoiling and made this by 2x4. When I hit the mast with the rubber mallet, it delivered stronger impact. You could put towel to prevent foil going into the wood but it softens the impact a little.

thx for all the help! finally hit it with a real hammer and it popped out. no damage to fuse/mast.

Next time it happens honestly just hold it by the mast like you would a big sledge hammer, with the titanium end of the fuse as the "head" of the hammer. Find a hard piece of pavement and just belt the **** out of the pavement. Don't be shy. I've split the concrete before - no damage the fuse or mast.

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zarb said..
Next time it happens honestly just hold it by the mast like you would a big sledge hammer, with the titanium end of the fuse as the "head" of the hammer. Find a hard piece of pavement and just belt the **** out of the pavement. Don't be shy. I've split the concrete before - no damage the fuse or mast.

yep that's how i do it .

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eppo said..

zarb said..
Next time it happens honestly just hold it by the mast like you would a big sledge hammer, with the titanium end of the fuse as the "head" of the hammer. Find a hard piece of pavement and just belt the **** out of the pavement. Don't be shy. I've split the concrete before - no damage the fuse or mast.

yep that's how i do it .

bloody hell, just put a block of wood on the concrete and hit that you madmen.

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eppo said..

zarb said..
Next time it happens honestly just hold it by the mast like you would a big sledge hammer, with the titanium end of the fuse as the "head" of the hammer. Find a hard piece of pavement and just belt the **** out of the pavement. Don't be shy. I've split the concrete before - no damage the fuse or mast.

yep that's how i do it .

bloody hell, just put a block of wood on the concrete and hit that you madmen.

Ah yeh - that's probably more sensible

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CH3MTR4IL5 said..

eppo said..

zarb said..
Next time it happens honestly just hold it by the mast like you would a big sledge hammer, with the titanium end of the fuse as the "head" of the hammer. Find a hard piece of pavement and just belt the **** out of the pavement. Don't be shy. I've split the concrete before - no damage the fuse or mast.

yep that's how i do it .

bloody hell, just put a block of wood on the concrete and hit that you madmen.

Not as fun though.