ORIGINAL: madmanmikie
hi everyone, thanks for the replys didn't expect to recieve this much advice on this subject, it all sounds great. I have decided to run the antenna through a pushrod tube inside of the plane and run about a inch of the antenna wire through the turtle deck to the outside of the plane so that it looks like a little antenna sticking up behind the canopy, I think that this would be a safe way and might even look kind of a real thing. thanks again everyone for your ideas
Just to be sure...
You are not making a U inside the fuselage with the tube to get that effect are you? Doubling the antenna back on itself inside the fuselage is a bad idea. Don't coil up any or wad it up tied with a rubber band (or worse a wire twist-tie) to get that effect you speak of... These can all reduce effective range and increase your susceptibility to interference sources.
Best is to have the antenna as straight as possible.