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Building Tips and technical articles. => Building techniques => Topic started by: John KruziK on January 20, 2007, 01:26:51 PM
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Has anyone ever used solid leadouts. If so what were the results. I had them on a couple of planes in the 70's don't remember why, also don't remember any advantage or dis advantage. Getting back into hobby after 30yr absence just asking questions. Thanks
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My buudy Pat Johnston always uses them. I don't but that's mostly because I always manage to bang them against something. They work fine, though.
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There was/is a huge problem with K&S wire....breaks in the MIDDLE, where the wire should have the least stress....
Blame it on poor metalurgy.....
I know that Windy was a proponent of solid lead outs, but siggested 1/16" instead of the usual 1/32" or /025"....until he had a failure in the middle....now he uses stranded.....
The other problem that arose with bigger aeroplanes was that the standard length is 36", which sometimes cramps things a bit....
try to find 48" stuff....
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i stopped using solid leadouts when one kinked at the leadout guide during a combat match (slight collision, both planes kept flying) giving me neutral and down. Little bit of a disadvantage. Nothing but cables on my planes!
--Ray
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i used them all the time and had no problems nice and neat no cables dangling all over and getting cought on your trunk or hatch sort of like fishen stuff. your choice
roger and out
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I use solid leadouts on all of my 1/2 A and smaller C/L models. It is a good way to "recycle" an old set of .012 solid flying lines that got walked on.
Just remember to use round jawed pliers. NO SHARP EDGES!
Clancy
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I actually prefer solid leadouts, don't seem to have the problem with bending at the wing tips others report. Have no idea why I run into things just like everyone else, they usually just go sprongegege but don't bend. I have accidentally bent them but they were always easy to straighten out. Everything 40 and below in my fleet has .030 solids. The larger airplanes get Tom Morris bellcranks which come with stranded or some of them would probably have solids.
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I use whichever I have handy. Guess I don't have a preference, and don't have problems with either type. I have been using a LOT of Tom Morris hardware lately and his are already attached using 19 strand (or something like that) heavy cables already wrapped and bushed with 1/16th brass tubing at the BC. Easiest of all to use! LL~
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The lead outs in the Tudor II I did were from Tom also, great work, lines nicely done at bellcrank
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I have used Monel seizing wire..1/16..better than stainless..flexible..never fatigues..used for sailboat purposes..easy to work with..give it a shot!
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Most of my planes over 1/2A use 1/32 or larger mw. Always seemed easier to work with to me than stranded, although I also use some of the Sulllivan stranded. The oldest plane I have with the mw leadouts is a Veco Smoothie I built just before I got out of the AF in 1968. I have flown it with Fox, K&B Stallion 35s, and currently has a McCoy RH 35. I have recovered it twice, replaced the beam mounts twice, and am on my second set of wheels. Still has the original .045" mw leadouts, and Tatone brass hinges.