Hi All,
first ‘real’ post so apologies if this has been covered, I have searched several of the threads here but couldn`t find anything definitive. Also, if I am in an inappropriate section please advise and I will move/ re-post.
I am just ‘dabbling’ in CL and so far I have managed to get a 3 different sized disks going around in a circle on the end of 2 lines, please note that I did not use the word ‘flying’ 😊.
I am now doing a conversion of a 100 cm foam HobbyKing GeeBee following this:-
http://fesselflug.eu/html/gee-bee-1000.htmlmainly because I had the model and a suitable motor lying around unused.
To my question, on the disks I made the lead-outs from 0.8 mm piano wire, Z bend in one end and a loop bent onto the other. Thinking was that 0.8 would be flexible enough to give, reduce the contact area on the wingtip lead-out guides (less contact area) and just be easier to produce. I did have a degree of success with my disks but getting them to aerobat was the problem, loop when I was lucky but that was about it (couple of short videos on YouTube user PaulB121090), could have my ‘stiff’ lead-outs contributed?
I now just have the lead-outs and guides to do on the GeeBee and so obviously I am thinking about whether to again use piano wire or to go for braided steel cable. So, is there a definitive answer as to why one method or the other should be used and if so, why (as in the negative effects of the ‘other’ method) or is it just personal choice??
Any help is appreciated.
Happy New Year,
Paul