Re: So we have someone who sees F1D and thinks it is COOL...

From: Nick Ray <lasray_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 11:15:59 -0400

You can by them at Lowes in the hardware section. I don't remember what
they are called though.


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:05 AM, <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> Joshua,
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> I would disagree on the boron part.
> I had a lot of issues with tailbooms turning into bananas in the beginning.
> (Even now I found one I had rolled in the fall and put up somewhere safe
> and forgot about - I didn't put on the boron and it is about two inches
> off.)
> Someone suggested putting boron onto the tailboom at 12, 4 and 8 o'clock.
> Since then, I have always had nice straight tailbooms.
>
> And 0.009" with the new rules? I put 150mg of clay at the stab on my
> hybrid new/old rules parts at Kent to get it to balance. Respectfully I
> would suggest that 0.009" is way too light/thin, especially without boron.
> 0.010" and probably 0.011" would be a better choice, along with carbon
> posts for the stab. I think Boron will still be necessary even with 0.011".
>
> The rest of your post I mostly agree with. As a potential kit producer
> though, I'd much rather have one version to assemble/sell.
>
> BTW, does anyone know what the source of those little rubber
> spools/bobbins that MicroX and others used to use for selling smaller
> lengths of wire?
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
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