There is a picture of me and my trashed Eindeckered on page 130 of the October Model Aviation. Bill Boss' Controle Line Scale column presents my tale of woe on why you can't use just one insulated line for an electronic throttle.

       

Uneven line drag with one insulated line will drive the ship up and over the top when you slow down (I had the one insulted line as the up line).

This info was a prime consideration for not using a single insulated line for my Jenny.  It flies very nicely on TWO insulated .021 cables, about .030 diameter insulation. I keep them clean and have not yet had any trouble with friction between the two, even in very slow (what else!) flight.  Flying weight a bit over 10 lbs.

So if it's any consolation, the advice saved another airplane.

John

I saw that -- it made me wince.  I hope it's rebuildable.
Surely you mean that you had the one insulting line as the up line?

Nasty way to crash.

OK OK so I can't spell -- I did mean insulating.  PS spell checker only works if you can read   

For what it's worth I have not repaired the Eindecker.  It is big and heavy and the scale was not all that true.  If I fix it I will need to design and build a wing from scratch.   The current wing is from a Senior Telemaster.  Flies great but the airfoil is all wrong.  Also it was underpowered. It needs a Saito 115 4C.  I sold the RCV 120 that was in it.  The RCV swings a big scale prop but is low on power.