>The triangle approach sounds interesting, anyone else hear something >similar?
I use triangle patterns all the time in my delta wing designs, they work very well, but I have the space to keep it internal, I wouldn't want an external triangle training behind the TE to the boom. it would be in the dirty air leaving the TE, but it would still cause unwanted drag and might even start oscillating which would create a lot of drag.... The balanced dipole, I.E. ground running out the other wing, should be optimal, BUT, the rx mfg. has already tuned the system to allow for the ground structure of the entire average flight pack to be used as the ground. You would need the ability to test and tune the ground lead, so it is balanced with the antenna, this may not be necessary and it would be easy enough to do some empiracle testing. You could start with a 1/2 wave ground, do range tests (on the ground) and then start clipping 1/2" at a time. It isn't a perfect test, but you would find out something useful. It may be that you find out it isn't worth wasting time playing with antennas when you could be flying with a proven installation....... Mark Mech (on Lummi Island, wishing it would stop raining long enough to do ANYTHING!) www.aerofoam.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
