I used the "serpentine meander" in my Chrysalis HLG to shorten the antenna wire so it
wouldn't hang out the rear and cause the demon drag.
One of my flyin' buddies has an Ace thermal sniffer on his TD ship, and the antenna
for it is thin copper "burglar alarm" metal tape adhered to the wing bottom. I wonder
if something similar could not be used with the Rx antenna? Maybe two 1/4 wave
sections in a dipole-arrangement with one element on each wing.
The one apprehension I have about "antenna connectors" (as opposed to a solid,
soldered wire)
is that a bad or loose connection could result in signal loss and a lost plane.
--Bill
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:21:47 -0500 "Walba, Rick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's another. For an hlg pod, I used 3 strips of tape to hold my
antena in a serpentine pattern slightly narrower than the circumferance it
would assume inside the pod, and about as long. It had all the range needed
for hlg, and did not weight the tail end.
DJ recomended that if metal pushrods are use, you can cut that
length from the antena and solder the remainder to the rod, taking care that
the location will not stress the wire as the rod moves back and forth.
For the weight conscious, I've thought that .002" signal wire would
be adequate for an antena, Thgough I never bothered to aquire any. But in a
recent post by YK Chan, he said it should be .010 minimum, though I would
think this much conduction not necessary.
Rick
I do something of the same except I use dental floss, pull it through the
tail and use a piece of HLG hinge tape to hold it down. Keeps it nice and
light.
I tie a piece of carpet thread to the end of the ant.. Pull it out the
rear
of the fuse and tape it under the stabNo conductivity and no weight
penaltyBrian Smith
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and
"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
