The 3 inch that comes in the kit is fine, my Twistmaster has solid leadouts, think .030 or something like that. It will be 6 years old this comming March and is still bringing home hardware in P-40. This was taken in 03 when we were doing an in-flight video using a wireless camera.

Contact Sig, they should make it right. If you don't contact them they will never know there was a problem. I'm sure Mike Gretz would want to know also.

Bob, do you by chance, have that vidio available? I would really like to see that.

I bought a roll of .027" 7-strand wire rope.  It's rated at 125 pounds, or 250 for two lines.

It would take a much bigger man than me to benefit from anything heavier.

Do you have a bellcrank that can lift more than 250 pounds?

A 10-G pull test on 5-pound airplane is only 50 pounds.

A reply to Bill,
No the Tister kit does not include adjustable leadouts, but they are as you say easy to add. And on my late lamented Twister, I also used the screw in the outboard wing to add weights.

Steve, have you read or heard about the "Fancherized twister"? dont get me wrong , the stock twister flyes well however there are some mods that make it much better. simply put what I did to mine, lenghten tail 2" (some say 3", cant remember today which I did  ) incerase the span of the tail one inch on each end,(increase span total of 2 inchs), I did the built up tail surfaces with geo ribs sort of to lighten it. add half ribs between each normal rib in the wing, helps prevent the starved horse look on the covering. The onlly other thing would be to make sure the tail is LIGHT.I also added tip weight box, adjustable leadouts, and silly me, I added removable tailwheel with capacity to add tail weight,(that was a real joke, I have a half ounce of lead in the nose!) ah well live and learn
when I get home I can post a pict of my twister, it flew awsome, before and after all three, crashes, the fourth, well its still recovering from that one

Marks comment about the Fancherized Twister is right on the money.  Stock is good, but the 'Fancher' version is Better!  It was in Ted's column in MA several years ago.
Jim   

The "Fancherized" Twister might be an ambitious project ,for know. The only mods I've done are to rebuild an ARF Flite Streakwing with a Skyray 35 fuselage.As far as tank mounting, either hooks and rubberbands or slots and tywraps.this is only my second complete build (not counting flitestreak or my Tutor II).

With the hooks, leave enough distance between the hooks to move the tank (they usually need to be raised) and use a couple of plywood shims to make up the space difference between the tank and hooks.  Sometimes the tank will stay in place anyway with good rubber bands that are tight.  It seems that our engines like to run richer when we go inverted so we have to raise the level of the tank to even it out. 

Bill <><

As Mark mentioned, Twisters do fly exceptionally well especially for a kit that costs about $60.00.

I've built four Twisters. The first was stock with the exception of changing the shape of the tail feathers a bit.  The other three are a version of the "Francherized" Twister.  All of mine finished up--nose heavy.  As Ted Francher recommended, I shortened the nose and added 3" to the fuselage.  Still tail heavy with a Brodak .40 for power which is a pretty light engine. 

It's strange how identical planes can have such different characteristics.  Evidentally they do though.

Joe