Adjustable Leadouts - to bush or not to bush

[Dale Nicholls]

Hi all,

With a bit of extra time during covid-19 I am currently scratch building a Fancherized Twister as a stunt trainer, and wanted to get the views of the more experienced builders and flyers on the adjustable lead-out.
I am not a newbie to building and flying (RC for the last 30 plus years) but having returned to circle recently I am catching back up on the latest approaches.

Question - is it normal practice to bush the brass lead-outs with some nylon tubing or just leave them as they are ?
As reference I am using the Brodak eyelets for the leadouts.

thanks in advance,

Dale

 

[Tim Wescott]

The brass leadout guides work very well as-is.  All my planes use brass for leadout guides, whether it's a bushing, a bit of brass tubing glued to a plywood plate, or an all-brass leadout guide.

[John Leidle]

 I agree with Tim   I wonder maybe you could use the time samed on leadout work building another wing,,,,
           John L.

[Trostle]

I still have an airplane that was retired many years ago with more than 1000 flights.  It has brass tubing for leadout guides and are still serviceable.

Keith

[Dale Nicholls]

Thanks for the great responses guys, thats a great help.
Stay safe in this world, keep building and flying those projects.

[Perry Rose]

Use a slider instead. It's easier.

[Ken Culbertson]

I have never had any issues with eyelets up to 1/4" long in a slider wearing out.  I recess mine about 1/2" to 1" back into the tip.  I hate the long tubes plugged into a row of holes ones like Gieseke used.  Too easy to bump the wing into something and bend the leadout wire and that will wear them out!

Ken