I believe the new joiner rods are aluminum, at least that is what I got with
the one I built this year. The one I built last year came with c/f. I have
been meaning to ask if this is what Phil is making standard now in the kit
and has it been tested on a good stiff winch, I am sure it has, but still
wondering
Bill
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From: "Anker Berg-Sonne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] Mantis Owners
> I found it hard to launch holding on to the pod and have switched to
holding
> the tail boom.
>
> The new wings have bent CF joiners. This to allow the tube on the tip
panel
> to be long enough that I can't blow the tip up on a two man F3J tow. :-)
>
> The spars are CF tubes. The one in the main panel has a wood piece in it
to
> prevent collapse.
>
> Anker
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 4:16 PM
> Subject: [RCSE] Mantis Owners
>
>
> > I have a couple of questions about the Mantis that I hope some of you
> could help me with.
> >
> > 1. Do you hold onto the pylon when launching or grip the tail boom like
> we do on regular fuselages? Is it hard to control in the wind when
> launching using either grip method?
> >
> > 2. Could you please describe a little bit about the tip joiners? What
is
> the diameter? Are they bent to provide the dihedral angle? Etc?
> >
> > I am not planning on buying one, but I am designing a fuselage that is
> going to have a tail boom that is will be about a 1" diameter where you
> would grip it. So I wanted to see others experiences. Thanks for you
help!
> >
> > Burke Jones
> > Custom Cores
> > http://www.custom-cores.com
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