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Old 07-25-2004 | 03:11 PM
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Wayne Miller
 
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From: DrumboOntario, CANADA
Default RE: attenna problems

Hi Righty,

Your welcome.

A couple of other things you may want to do as well.

One, just before the antenna wire exits through the fuselage, tie the antenna wire around a 1 inch piece of fuel tubing (so the tubing is sideways to the exit point). By doing this, if the antenna gets snagged on something, the piece of fuel tubing acts as a strain relief - this will cause the antenna to break at the piece of fuel tubing and prevent damage to the receiver.

Two, glue a piece of fuel tubing through the side of the fuselage where the antenna exits. Feed the antenna through this to exit the aircraft. This makes a nice easy bend for the wire and avoids a sharp bend that would cause a stress point for the wire to break.

Be sure to measure the antenna length on all your recievers and write it down someplace, just in case you have to replace a damaged antenna wire in the future.

Hope this helps.

Fly4Fun,

Wayne Miller