Walter,

There's lots of information/discussion on wrapping leadouts here in the Stunt Hanger archives.  Just type in "Leadouts" in the search space at the top of the page.  Should answer your question.

Joe

I wrap them just like lines and use either an eyelet or a circle of tubing over the cable. I have some oversized eyelets that work pretty well. I also slide a piece of heat shrink tubing over the wrapping that is color coded. This also goes on the leadouts and the handle. Cuts way down on hooking up the leadouts incorrectly and protects the wrap.

Little Bill is 100% correct on this one.   

No matter how well planned or engineered, a design is useless unless properly implemented. 

In my article, I specified a few issues that must be recognized to insure proper function of the swaging system.

1)   The tube to be swaged MUST protrude at least 1/32 inch on each side of the swaging tool jaws, as shown in the first picture.
2)   The inside of the tube MUST be chamfered as shown in the second picture. This will prevent a sharp edge from biting into the cable and causing the aforementioned riser, as shown in the last picture.

This technique insures that the swage will not come out to the end and cause the riser.

Regarding the cost – the tools shown below are indeed expensive but, in my opinion well worth it. I would investigate having a few people “chip in” and buy them – spreads the financial pain a bit.

Both tools are available from www.savacable.com, the swaging tool is T-185 and the cutter is C07.

Hope this helps - Bob Z.

Thanks Bob Z for the great answer.

I went to the cable web site and could not find the prices for the T-185 and C07? ... Is it really a case of "if you have to ask, you can't afford it"? ;-) I did see that their minimum order amount was $100, this might be a clue! ... Do you remember the approx. price?  TIA

end of this page you can see one solution:

http://www.rcmodely.sk/F2B/

end of this page you can see one solution:

http://www.rcmodely.sk/F2B/

Hi Igor,

Like many modelers, I love tools. The more specialty tools, like the ones Bob Z uses, we can have the better, practical or not. ;-)

But, with that said, the method shown on your link is very hard to resist. Like Bob Z said, beautifully simple.

Thank you for the link. I think you just saved me $174.00.   

Regards

Did anyone notice the control horns in the link? Very interesting construction method! They look very labor intensive, but very well done.

Your right Mike, very nice horns. They look hand made. Looks to me like they are a labor of love, and/or necessity? I was hoping Igor would tell us what country the model is from. I wish I had the talent, patience, and energy to build such a high quality plane. :-)

The technique shown in the fotos is neat, but I would be concerned that the epoxy/solder/whatever closing off the end of the copper tube might cause a stress riser. No?

W.