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What are you guys using to secure your servo leads, fuel lines, pneumatic lines, and other such nonsense inside your airplanes? I've got junk running from everywhere to everywhere and I'm looking for ideas on how to organize and secure it all. Are there commercially available stuff that is clean and neat? Zip ties do the job they are fairly permanent and you still need something to secure to the innerds.
I've seen some really clean installations and I'm hoping some of you will share your ideas.
Thanks
Adam

Kevin_W

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I use rubber bands to tie wires and hoses down inside the fuselage.
For a semi-permanent holder you can cut strips out of a #64 (or whatever the standard size that is used to hold on trainer wings is) about 1"-1 1/2" long, then using CA glue one end of the strip to the inside of the fuse just to one side (and perpandicular to) your hose run. When that end is cured pull the strip over the hoses and glue the other end to the fuse on the other side.

For hoses and wires that will need to be removed more often you can use smaller rubber bands and bra hooks (yes I said bra hooks, insert jokes here).
You should be able to buy bra hooks at your local fabric store, and they can be CA'ed to the fuselage on either side of your hose run, then you simply use a small rubber band between two of them to hold the hoses in place.

GSR

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I have seen some really clean installations that used Spiral plastic cable wraps that you can get at electronic supply shops, Radio Shack etc. I have also seen them sold at autoparts stores in different colors. Scott

EASYTIGER

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I use tie wraps, and I use the automotive split tubing. Not the spiral kind, but the kind slit down the middle, it's a little neater.

F9F Texan

Kevin
It's more fun to get bra hooks by other means...

Off the subject, Kevin. I'm a new JetCat P-120 owner. Can I see you for the required ground school?
JA

fred cesquim

Hello Adam!

I´ve been known as the guy that uses at least 200 nylon tied ups on the jets i´ve built!
check this link and you will have good pictures uf my instalattion method:
http://www.geocities.com/pminiature/F86fredindex.html
hope you like it!
regards, fred

DavidR

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I use a variety of different methods. Rubber bands like Kevin mentioned mainly. I also get some telephone cable clips from Radio Shack don't rely on the double sided tape though as it always comes unstuck.

Another neat trick that I learned was to take a piece of yellow nyrod and anchor it in a couple of places with aeropoxy. Then tie wrap all the leads and hoses to that. It keeps everything in a straight line and looking very neat.


DR

Kevin_W

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That should be no problem, I will e-mail you with my phone # and so we can work out a time and place.

tom czenthe

Velcrow strips.....CA to solid surface......easy to service and looks neat...comes in all colors....

lov2flyrc

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J-tec makes a bag of assorted sized rubber clips that you glue to the fuse and your wires and hoses are held nicely in place without chafing anything. I'll see if I can get a picture...
Todd

lov2flyrc

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OK...here they are...

Vincent

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Hi David,

I use those cable snap gimmicks from radio shack or even the hardware store sells them. To get them to stay I usually smear some epoxy on the surface with my finger (inside fuse wall), when its dry the surface is smooth, the double stick tape on the clamp will stap put then.

Vin...

747drvr

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I find aluminum duct tape very useful for keeping installations neat. I also use small strips to ensure that servo connectors stay together.