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Old 08-07-2012 | 04:40 PM
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Default RE: Hobbico Avistar a Performer?

levram1, I apologize for not checking this thread again until now. I currently don't have any picutres of the velcro setup, but I will take some later this evening and post them. I can try to explain the process. First, you must buy velcro that has no adhesive on the back. Also buy all nylon velcro rather than the stretchy kind. Buy 5/8 to 3/4 wide, depending on what you can find. Now take the fuzzy half and sew a loop in one end of it, the loop being big enough to go around one of the pegs that you normally put rubber bands on. Place your wing on your plane and put the loop around one of the rear pegs. Now, with the fuzzy side up, pass the velcro over the top of the wing and behind the front peg. Cut the strip of velcro as if comes around the front peg. Now remove the strip from the plane and sew the hook half of the velcro to the fuzzy part so that the hooks and loops face each other when you put the velcro back on the plane and come behind the front peg, go around the peg and back up over the wing. Pull snug and mate the two halves of velcroc over the full cord of the wing. Bring the velcro to the trailing edge of the wing and cut it off where ever it looks good to you. As cgretired stated, this arrengement may or may not break away in the event of a crash, but Iwas just sick of stretching those rubber bands and having them break and snap my hands and then the ones that didn't break do so after the plane sits in the sun for awhile. Velcro won't break or snap your hands. It can be put on in seconds and looks much better than the rubber bands. I have not crashed or hard landed a plane while using this setup so I can't say what happens, but regardless of what happens, I will not go back to rubber bands. Just my opinion.