Re: Steering poles (again)

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:03:10 -0400

Marty
In a perfect world you would be correct! My new pole is more flexible than my old one. The primary concerns I had were usability and portability. If you've tried to transport a pole that only breaks down to about 5' long I think you'll understand the portability concern. This was especially a problem in my recent airline trips. I shipped my pole in a 2" PVC case that I thought would survive anything short of a nuclear blast. UPS managed to break the case twice. The new one is small enough to carry on the plane if I do such a trip again.

I also find it to be a big problem carrying around pole sections after launching a model. It's pretty unwieldy to try to steer a model at low level with 30' of pole. What I've been doing is carrying around 2 preassembled sections of about 20' and 10'. When the model outclimbs the 20' section I add the second section. Most of the people I fly with don't bother with steering at all but I like to give my flights a chance of making it up and down without getting hung.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Marty Sasaki
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:01 AM
  Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Steering poles (again)


  Ray's pole is a Maver and it is light and stiff and if I could afford
  it, I would buy one right away. The other poles are more flexible.

  The ad for your new pole says that it is flexible, flexibility seems
  to be a feature for fishing. For steering it seems that the pole
  should be stiffer for better control. Is this true or am I off base
  with that?

  Marty Sasaki


   

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