ORIGINAL: cloudancer03
I just finished building a 1/4scale spacewalker2 and need to put wire tail braces on the tail.theres not a lot of detail or instruction and I have never done this before.is there a tutorial on the net .I dont know what size wire to buy.I really want to stay away from using 4-40 rods as it wont look very scale.
Hello cloudancer03,
My 2 cents worth ___
I have used some 0.030 diameter HTR (brand) stainless steel wire for tail and main wings flying wire.
I made the ferrules where the wires terminate using 0.030 inch thickness aluminum (dural alloy) .
I terminated the wires using two methods ___
1- Bend the wire back on itself forming a circle coming back to itself and bent over itself so it can never unbend.
2- use a Dubro 2-56 threaded clevis at one end and a solder type at the other end.
This provides for length adjustment.
I used some small diameter brass tubings cut in length to the thickness of the stab so that the 2-56 screws, nuts and lockwashers could be tightened witout crushing the balsa.
A couple of drops of thin CA around the bras tubing does reinforce the wood at that location.
Just the way I did it.
Zor