OzMo and Ken,

I disagree with the metal pushrod problem. In all my planes because they are true scale I don't have any problems with the antenna in a tube and Ken sometimes if the fuselage isn't long enough I have let the excess bend back toward the nose. Not in the tube but still going the opposite direction. Range tests are always good from 100+'. I have a lot of planes and the only one with an exterior antenna is my first trainer a Freedom 20. Even the Nexstar I have has the antenna in a tube.

JMHO,

Gibbs