RCKen

My Feedback: (9)

I read on here at one point that a good source for pull-pull wires was the fishing department at Wal-Mart. What I read said to use nylon coated fishing leader wire, but apparently I didn't pay close enough attention because I had a hard time locating it. I looked at Wal-Mart and the longest leader I could find was about 18". Can anybody give me some more info on what exactly I am looking for. Does is come in a reel?? Name brand?? Can I get lengths longer than 18".

Thanks in advance for any help I can get on locating this.

JWN

My Feedback: (42)

I have never seen the bulk leader material in WalMart, but to be honest, I've never looked there. I have always bought my bulk leader, on a spool, from an actual fishing/tackle shop.
HTH,
John

PaulSwany

My Feedback: (45)

I found some at Bass Pro Shops. They have 18#, 27# and 40# nylon covered stainless steel cable. Perfect for pull-pull. Same stuff as you get in the DuBro kits. Wish I could get the crimps and riggers in bulk too....

JWN

My Feedback: (42)

I've found the crimps in 20-30 piece bags next to the leader spools. The last time I bought some they were about $1.99 for the bag. The riggers are another story though. I'm still buying the Dubro package parts. I'm sure if someone were ambitious, they could locate the manufacturer of the riggers. I seriously doubt Dubro makes them in house.

John

PaulSwany

My Feedback: (45)

I found some crimps by the leader spools too... but they seemed too big for what I wanted... I like the ones that come with the DuBro Kit.... But when I run out of those or are re-rigging my pull-pull, I use some small diam. aluminum tubing. Works great.

I've seen bulk pack riggers from DuBro... but of cource they're not cheap... I'll check with DuBro for bulk riggers.

JWN

My Feedback: (42)

The crimps available at the tackle shop come in several different sizes. I usually buy the crimp one size larger than neede so I can loop the loose end of the leader back through the crimp one more time. This is something I learned while sturgeon fishing many years ago to be sure you're leader didn't come apart when hauling in one of the big'uns

I have used bronz tubing when in a pinch, but I feel better using the steel crimps just for piece of mind.

John

DGrant

My Feedback: (4)

Don's hobby sells a coated kevlar set up...that's totally non-conductive and stronger then steel it seems. I'm thinkning it runs around $15 or so for enough to equip a giant-scale. I know I did a 27% plane, and had ample left.
I bought more to do the flying wires too. The crimps shown here are nothing more then aluminum tubing crimped with electricians plyers. I'm going to show the flying wire set-up here. The pull pull is identical except the pull pull hardware is 4-40, the flying wires shown are 2-56. The cabling is same for both though.
I'm secure knowing there's absolutely no metallic anything in the whole set up, and what I hear is it's lighter and stronger then steel.

rickwallace45

My Feedback: (3)

Aerospace Composites offers a great product- vinyl coated kevlar cord. I use .038 (.058 also available) for pull pull in my 12 lb planes w/ no problem - and after crimpling / knotting or whatever to secure the end, a little heat will fuse the vinyl jacket and prevent it from loosening.

(URL below for Kev_Cord description)
http://www.acp-composites.com/acp-cord.htm