Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
Like Dihedral makes ailerons less effective or that 72mhz is more reliable when the RX antenna is routed outside the balsa fuselage. Funny since we put all our 2.4 equipment on the inside unless its a CF structure.
Thinking about this a little more, since I have in the past built and painted a few Prather tunnel hulls and Deep Vee's for customers back in the day would that make me equally qualified as you to advise guys in the boat forums?
Why not? You seem to know everything about everything else.
BTW, since you seem to have forgotten, it used to be standard practice to route antennas out of the top of the fuse and up to the top of the vertical stab. It was also a standard practice to route the antenna inside the fuse using a zig zag pattern for better reception. My first two planes were routed in those ways per an instructor's directions in Idaho Falls ID. That was back in 1986 and, since AM and FM systems haven't really changed, that is unless you have a PCM or 2.4GHz system, that information is still good. A CF control rod can still affect how a signal is received, considering CF is used to make antennas used in two way communications but, then again, that's old school tech that's not used anymore for anything in R/C, especially aircraft.
Since you know everything, what fuel do I need for my boats? I have boats that run .21, .45 and .67 sized engines. Can I get away with 5% nitro or is that too much?