For those that read my last thread...see what you think about this

This tray is for the ignition and ignition battery only. Now that I realize that the batteries are part of the ignition system as well, I have had to do some head scratching this weekend, but I hope this works. Criticism please.

This tray will be mounted in the nose of the plane and will give me about 7" of separation from ignition and receiver batteries and about 10" to the RX (even more from the ignition itself). I included a picture of the receiver tray. I went back and read the Futaba manual, and if I am reading correctly, this should be OK to orientate the antenna like this. This will give me the 90 degrees between antenna and will just fit inside the fuse without bending the "critical" ends of the antenna.

What do you guys think?

I got an email from Futaba advising me that the inner yellow pushrod of the Sullivan Nyrod can be used to cover the entire antenna including the ends. It will provide more support just where you need it. I'll attach an image of one of my installations. I have tested the in flight rang to be almost beyond sight. It looks like you are well on your way to some successful flying so please keep us posted. Dan.

Here's the image. Dan.

Dan

Thanks for all of your help. The red tube that is on my receiver tray is the outter tubing from a sullivan nyrod. I originally had it all the way to the end, but ended up cutting it back so that it wouldn't cover the ends. Where it is going to be in the plane; I shouldn't have any problems with it being bumped or moved around.

Is that a gas plane in your pic? If so, what fuel tubing are you using?

Thanks again
Newton

Hi Newton, Yes it is a gas plane. I switched over from glow about 15 years ago. I use Tygon tubing. Beware that not all yellow gas lines are Tygon. Their name is on it. If you don't mind looking at a picture of me with the plane, I'll attach an image. It is a semi scale Lavochkin La7 powered by a Brison 3.2. I'm so free about giving advice about all the distances needed for RF safety because I have tons of room in my planes. This is one of them. Dan.

Dan

That's a good looking plane. I like the warbirds as well. Will have one some day.

The tubing in your picture looked red. That's why I was asking. I'm using the yellow tygon tubing in this Rascal, but didn't know if you where using some clear tubing and the fuel was giving it a red apperance.

Thanks again for your help. If I can get my kill switch by mid week; I should have this thing running by the weekend. It's killing me! Purchased this plane last September and itching to fly it.