hey guys i am a freak about my servo wires inside my plane making sure that they are properly tied down to the plane was just wondering what yall are useing to organize all of your wires in your planes

they need to be organized??? news to me

Arent they suppose to be dangling around inside the fuse? Oh no - I better go and rethink my layouts inside my planes

On a more serious note - you could use cable ties?

Blue painters tape and or strips
of Velcro for me.

I know what you mean about a mess
of wires. I wonder how some peoples
planes can fly inverted with loose wires
dangeling everywhere.

Bob

I like to keep things neat, but make sure to leave a little play in the wiring or it can pull loose at the connections. The blue tape is call 500 mph tape , works well for holding wiring in place and also small lighting strike holes in full size . lol

Because we can't see the wires when the plane is in the air

Ripmax in the UK distribute servo connector blocks that screw down to the fuselage and provide colour coded link wires to the receiver. They look quite neat, if a little unnecessary.
Like insanemoondoggie's layout, I like to bring the servo leads to the receiver under the servo tray, with a bit of foam to stop them rubbing on the fuselage or each other. I route the aileron link wire either to a fixed point, away from the other servo arms or I tuck it into some foam when the wing is being assembled. I use servo connector locks for any link wires.
I've never had a link come loose when I didn't use them, but now that they are available, if a link ever came loose and caused damage, then failure to use a lock could be seen as negiligence.
We had a small accident at the field last Saturday. there was a minor mid air collision. One model landed OK (see, it WAS minor) but the other model stopped responding to control, shot over the pits area and car park (about 200yds from the collision) and continued on to hit an 11kV power feed to the local farm. It severed one of the phase wires that fell to the ground spitting and sparking until the protection kicked in. Unfortunately, the model was trashed, so diagnosing as to just why it flew on without control became impossible. The system was JR 2.4GHz, so there was no external antenna to be cut. Servo links?

I'm also a neat freak. Ican't stand a birds nest wiring job.

Iuse these: http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodID=DAJ74BLK

They weigh nothing and work great. Sometimes I add a dab of clear RTV to make sure they stay closed. I also use tape, zip-ties or whatever is appropriate in certain situations. On larger planes the adhesive back zip-tie anchors work well too.

Somebody gave this good tip, and after I tried once, I have used it with 100% success.

I make any wire goes sandwiched across patches of self-adhesive velcro that stick to any structural wood.

http://www.scotchbrand.com/wps/porta...glL2C4CN93X3bl

One of the electrical technicians turned me on to lacing cord. It's basically a flat string that is waxed to keep from chafing the wires and keep the knot tight. Its cheap. you can buy 100yds for about $3.00.

I use these... http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103329 . They are cheep and work rather well. If the adhesive on the back does not work; I will use some RTV to hold them in place. You can't stuff too many wires in it, but you can put them side by side if need be. Once the wires are clipped in; they don't come out.

chuck, have you found those wire keepers anywhere other than horizon? like say, the lhs? im a freak about my wires being out of the way also, but ive been using zip ties. these keepers would work great for routing my wires to their final destination.

I use those black spiral cable wraps to bundle my servo wires wherever possible.

I used to be part of the "bird's nest brigade" but have been getting progressively neater with every plane I build. These days once I've sorted out where everything's going to go, run it neatly under servos trays or around formers etc I use regular old cable ties (aka zip ties) every 3-4 inches to form a bundle (a bit like a car's wiring harness), then use blobs from a hot glue gun to glue the bundle to the airframe at strategic locations. I also use a blob of hot glue on any servo connections that're going to be permanent (eg: extensions running through wings).

The hot glue won't move on its own, won't vibrate off, and isn't affected by fuel etc, but can be easily peeled off if you need to make changes, and the cables ties are also easily cut off and replaced. Bundling them al together with the zip ties makes it fairly robust so it'll hold whatever shape it's bundled into.

This is what it looks like in my Skylark 70. It is clear and somewhat organized. Sometimes I organize the servo wires to put the power on one side with the signal on the other but I realized that my thoughts, though engineering wise, are sound, the way the wires are arranged on the servos (red black for DC and the blue/yellow/orange.. whatever.. are signal) so that makes it impossible. But it looks nice when organized. And, it makes things easier to find. I just don't like a jumble of wires in one big mess, and then a battery and receiver wrapped in foam and just pushed in. It just doesn't look right to me.

Anyway, the attached is what I did with my Skylark 70.

CGr.

I'm using these to avoid wiring spaghetti and small spiral or small nylon bands
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2104025

Yes, one of the LHS's here carries them. I've also seen vendors selling them at various events. I imagine there are others online who carry them as well; Horizon just came to mind when I posted them.
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I use those too Alex. Sometimes I super glue them to opposite sides inside the fuselage and hook rubber bands across them to hold foam wrapped receivers and batteries.

small bits of fuel tubing with a slit cut in it, then glue it to the wood...  push servo wire into fuel tubing.... instant wire holder....