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Old 03-26-2014 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 123Cat
It use to be in good shape , but it went egg shaped , I thought the big end was the one that worked hard ,

that is still on size ,

But I guess the little end is a lot hotter , up near the piston

I used the free machining 2011 grade of aluminium and its done about 20 flights and 2 hard crashes

Im tempted to make one out of a concrete nail I saw down at Magnet Mart , looks pretty tough
Why not just use 2024 or 7075 Aluminium Alloy like everyone else does then?

See: http://controlline.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11068