Attaching streamers
 

Could you guys show me some pictures of how you attach the leader string to your aircraft?


I need some ideas.


weskel

RE: Attaching streamers
 

I just wrap it around the fuselage ahead of the tail, and tie it. Nothing fancy.

RE: Attaching streamers
 

I use a spare round servo wheel that I attach to the airframe somewhere. Usually, I put it on the tail, close to the trailing edge of the rudder. This gives you a secure attachment point and it's easy to hook up your streamer. Just tie a loop in the end of the streamer line and your good to go. The easier and quicker it is to attach, the better off you will be.

RE: Attaching streamers
 

I pre-tie a loop in the string. To put it on the plane I loop the string around the airplane, then feed the streamer though the loop on the end of the string. It's quick, easy, works on any plane, and nearly foolproof. It also makes it easy to quickly re-attach another streamer if it becomes necessary.

RE: Attaching streamers
 

I just poke a hole in my coro vertical with a screw driver, very high-tech!

RE: Attaching streamers
 

I did that, but I've had the stab pulled off the airplane, or a hole ripped in the stab. Both rather annoying, though the first much less annoying than the second. Of course if you use a weak enough string this is less of an issue.

RE: Attaching streamers
 

I actually prefer to have that hole ripped, because at SSC speeds, a good yank like that can take you out of the air, so I'd rather the coro give way, then have your plane put into a death spin, or yanked into the ground...

RE: Attaching streamers
 

i just tie the streamer string to a rubberband that i put over my vertical stab.

RE: Attaching streamers
 

Fishing swiveles with the hook.

RE: Attaching streamers
 

the fishing swivels with the hook attached to a non moving surface has been my favorite method. You can cut off the old string at the knot quickly, without damaging anything and the hole stays open while you poke the string through. I use the hole punched in the coro too and the coro folds back together just enough to irritate my shaking fingers as I'm trying to quickly attach streamers between rounds (while simultaneously cleaning out the carb and retaping whatever has broken from the dirt nap/midair that I've usually just experienced).