Falconwings,

I made my tail wires out of .047 music wire, with radio shack ring connectors soldered to them. I sunk 1 inch pieces of 4/40 rod in the stab and vertical fin surfaces, and then soldered one end up, cut it close to length, and kept nipping bits off until it lined up. Then soldered on the other ring connector. A 4/40 washer between the ring connector and the balsa works to keep the ring from cutting into the balsa over time. A 4/40 nut with a hint of RTV silicone to hold it in place keeps the nuts in place. The tail is still fully removable if need be, just a few more steps involved. Just do them one at a time, and work your way around the plane. You do not need to pre-tension them, just make sure they arent knocking your tail out of alignment. They work great, especially on reducing stress on large rudders/small fins.

I can see where having a loop could inject interference, but I've yet to get interference due to the wires. As stated earlier, this will get one heck of a range test on the ground before going up.

I looked at using cable, or kevlar fishing line, but wanted something beefier, and I had just about all the parts needed to do it.


Here are a couple of other shots of the engine/mousse can setup with the firewall off. I drilled a small hole in the bottom of the pipe tunnel on the plane, and routed the pressure line up thru there to the tank, which is an 8 oz tank moved back toward the CG. I put the largest fuel filter I could find at the LHS (dubro final filter) to supply as a very small header tank.

If the weather clears up (so far weve had thunderstorms every day this year ), I'll try to get it out tomorrow.


Steve