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Old 12-29-2005 | 11:24 AM
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Anybody give me some ideas on how to make some training gear for my HBCP2 thats coming next week?
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I made training gear for my HBCP2 using two pieces of left over carbon fiber rod about 10" long with those white foam craft balls about the size of ping pong balls glued to the ends. These were then zip tied to the landing gear forming an X. Worked great for me!
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Um, did anyone say an X with ping pong balls?
I made my X out of 3mm CF, but many use thin dowl rods.
Rubber bands make removable attachments to the skids. Hot glue is a good way to attach the ping pong balls to the rods, after you drill holes for the rods to pass through the balls.
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Any pics?
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I used k'nex to make my own training gear, it works great with my dragonfly 4. Here is a sort of diagram of it.
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Default RE: MAKING TRAINING GEAR?

Here's my training gear. I use it on my blade CP and find it works better than the original.

Unfortunately, I didn't have access to Carbon rods. However, you can purchase those reflector poles they use to limit driveways in the winter, the pole that holds the reflector is carbon (the yellow stick in my case).

I purchased (1) 36 inch wooden dowel (1/4 inch thick).
Also required: Epoxy glue (damn I love this stuff)
Ping Pong balls (4)
One dimmer control knob (not required).

I then cut the dowel in half (making 2x 18 inch rods)
I slotted one dowel exactly in the center, this way the connecting rod can fit snugly, creating as little difference in height at the ends when you lay them flat.
I applied a little epoxy to hold them together.
I then took a dimmer switch knob that was laying on my workbench and put 4 grooves in it to hold the rods together.
I filled the dimmer switch with epoxy for extra strength
Finally, using a drill, or in my case, a reamer, you make holes to pass the rods through the pingpong balls, and apply glue on all 4 to hold them in place.

Ultimately, this setup will cost you around 7$ CDN.

Here's some pics, hope it helps.

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