>Using a 50 ft piece of rubber and some nylon line (50 ft ?) to create an >upstart (or mini-hi-start), what is the normal max stretch allowed. I heard >3 to 1. Is that 100 ft of stretch making the final length of the rubber >150 ft or is the stretch itself 3 to 1 making the stretch 150 ft and the >final length of the rubber 200'. stretch is 150', total length of tubing would be 200' You can go up to 3.5 to 1 with most latex tubing, in this case 175', for total of 225'. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]