Thanks, John. This should be adequate. I'm still accustomed to larger power planes and have a mindset of strong, "bulletproof" linkages. This is, after all, a HLG using 9 oz-in servos which are lightly loaded. But, still, it's better to fret over the details than have something come unglued in flight... Thanks, --Bill On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:40:53 -0400 John Schmoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 05:08 PM 7/23/00 -0400, you wrote: >I have a pair of 1/8" hollow CF pushrods that I'm going to use on my Chrysalis HLG. The ruddervator end will take a 1/32" music wire w/ z-bends and the servo end will take 1/32" wire w/ clevises. > >What is the ususal way to attach music wire to the CF pushrods? I figure that the same attachment as used on wooden pushrods would work: 90-degree bend in the wire, cross-drill the pushrod, wrap with thread and CA it. > I have been playing around with solid carbon (1/16 inch dia.) pushrods. I have found that you can bend the wire to whatever form you want for the end, and then leave a long straight ( 0.5 inch) section to fit flush against the side of the carbon rod. Then take a piece of shrink tubing and shrink it down over the wire/pushrod section. Once this is done you can slide the wire in and out until the control surface is adjusted. Then wick some thin Cya glue into the shrink tubing and you are done. I have pulled on one of these as hard as I could without ripping open my thumb and it held, so this is probably all you will ever need for a handlaunch. I saw a neat alternative to z bends at one of our recent handlaunch contests. The builder had used straight pins bent 90 degrees near the heads instead of z bends. A simple, neat connection. I am going to use this (using #18 brads instead of pins) for a Zagi Razor I am building. One nice thing about using the shrink tubing/ Cya combination is that you can peel off the shrink with a razor blade, grab the wire with a pair of pliers and give it a hard twist to remove it if you need to make repairs. John Schmoll Sitting out the NATS this year in Dayton The weather sure looks nice... _______________________________________________ Why pay for something you could get for free? NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
