Pull-Pull Wire source
 

I read on here at one point that a good source for pull-pull wires was the fishing department at Wal-Mart. What I read said to use nylon coated fishing leader wire, but apparently I didn't pay close enough attention because I had a hard time locating it. I looked at Wal-Mart and the longest leader I could find was about 18". Can anybody give me some more info on what exactly I am looking for. Does is come in a reel?? Name brand?? Can I get lengths longer than 18".

Thanks in advance for any help I can get on locating this.

Pull-Pull Wire source
 

I have never seen the bulk leader material in WalMart, but to be honest, I've never looked there. I have always bought my bulk leader, on a spool, from an actual fishing/tackle shop.
HTH,
John

Pull-Pull Wire source
 

I found some at Bass Pro Shops. They have 18#, 27# and 40# nylon covered stainless steel cable. Perfect for pull-pull. Same stuff as you get in the DuBro kits. Wish I could get the crimps and riggers in bulk too....

Pull-Pull Wire source
 

I've found the crimps in 20-30 piece bags next to the leader spools. The last time I bought some they were about $1.99 for the bag. The riggers are another story though. I'm still buying the Dubro package parts. I'm sure if someone were ambitious, they could locate the manufacturer of the riggers. I seriously doubt Dubro makes them in house.

John

Pull-Pull Wire source
 

I found some crimps by the leader spools too... but they seemed too big for what I wanted... I like the ones that come with the DuBro Kit.... But when I run out of those or are re-rigging my pull-pull, I use some small diam. aluminum tubing. Works great.

I've seen bulk pack riggers from DuBro... but of cource they're not cheap... I'll check with DuBro for bulk riggers.

Pull-Pull Wire source
 

The crimps available at the tackle shop come in several different sizes. I usually buy the crimp one size larger than neede so I can loop the loose end of the leader back through the crimp one more time. This is something I learned while sturgeon fishing many years ago to be sure you're leader didn't come apart when hauling in one of the big'uns :)

I have used bronz tubing when in a pinch, but I feel better using the steel crimps just for piece of mind.

John

Pull-Pull Wire source
 

Don's hobby sells a coated kevlar set up...that's totally non-conductive and stronger then steel it seems. I'm thinkning it runs around $15 or so for enough to equip a giant-scale. I know I did a 27% plane, and had ample left.
I bought more to do the flying wires too. The crimps shown here are nothing more then aluminum tubing crimped with electricians plyers. I'm going to show the flying wire set-up here. The pull pull is identical except the pull pull hardware is 4-40, the flying wires shown are 2-56. The cabling is same for both though.
I'm secure knowing there's absolutely no metallic anything in the whole set up, and what I hear is it's lighter and stronger then steel.

Pull Pull materials - kevlar cord source
 

Aerospace Composites offers a great product- vinyl coated kevlar cord. I use .038 (.058 also available) for pull pull in my 12 lb planes w/ no problem - and after crimpling / knotting or whatever to secure the end, a little heat will fuse the vinyl jacket and prevent it from loosening.

(URL below for Kev_Cord description)
http://www.acp-composites.com/acp-cord.htm