ORIGINAL: chrishornby
Papajeff, thanks for the info, I am going ahead as you suggest but I dont know anything about rare earth magnets.
Please can you take a look at
http://www.emagnetsuk.com/index.asp?...LAYCAT&catid=9
and tell me which size to buy, and whether you think these are suitable.
I really appreciate the effort you are taking to share your project with us.
Chris
You got it correct....NEODYMIUM.....it is! Mine were from Hobby-Lobby and were about 1cm diameter X about 2-3mm in thickness. Notice that I put the magnet in the fuse and the washer in the wing cord. I believe that if two magnets were used ( one in the wing and one in the fuse) it would be extremely difficult to remove the wing without some damage because these little magnets are so very strong!!!! Let me know how it goes.