receiver antenna placement

[Brian Young]

You guys Running JR or Futaba?

Maybe thats the answer.............

--- Wayne Galligan <wgalligan at goodsonacura.com> wrote:
> I too have an outty.  My last ship had wire
> pull/pull everything in a c.f. fuse and I had
> nothing but glitching when the antenna was close to
> the fuse.  Had to run the antenna out to the wing
> tip.  Next fuse same type airplane I used a MK
> pushrod and no problems. Perhaps the wire pull
> cables and c.f. combination where suspect.   Are
> there any E.E.'s out there that could explain this
> phenomenon?
> 
> Wayne G.
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Gray E Fowler 
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org 
>   Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:07 AM
>   Subject: Re: receiver antenna placement
> 
> 
> 
>   Vicente 
> 
>   I too run my antennas outside as my Aries is 100%
> carbon fiber.  I had in the past on a CF fuse
> experienced failsafe holds until I ran the antenna
> outside...Now the question is in my case and
> yours...at some time that fuse, that pushrod or
> those pull-pull cables are between you  and the
> antenna...why no failsafe here? 
> 
>   Also I have no trust in any Electrical Engineer,
> convinced that their expertise is nothing but smoke
> and mirrors designed to fool the mangement types,
> which is fairly easy to do. Why such an attitude?
> Because here at the Raytheon Antenna Department
> where I work , My EE's told me after running
> calculations that I would not have any interference
> problems- but I did. Regardless of all the missiles
> we make that have struck their intended targets, the
> EE's failed me in their most critical
> challenge....Can I run my RC antenna at 72 mHz
> inside my toy plane???? 
> 
>   I endure the scoffing at my "outty" antenna to
> enjoy a much stiffer plane.  I am of the opinion
> that an outty antenna is much more appealing than
> all those guys that have fuel tubing on the exterior
> of the plane! That is the true crime!  At least all
> my fuel tubing is hidden...
> 
> 
> 
>   Gray Fowler
>   Principal Chemical Engineer
>   Composites Engineering 
> 
> 
>        vicenterc at comcast.net 
>         Sent by: discussion-request at nsrca.org 
>         02/24/2004 09:49 AM 
>         Please respond to discussion 
> 
>                
>                 To:        discussion at nsrca.org 
>                 cc:        "Del K. Rykert"
> <drykert at rochester.rr.com>, <discussion at nsrca.org> 
>                 Subject:        Re: receiver antenna
> placement 
> 
> 
> 
>   I guess that I am not a real pattern pilot.  I
> have to run the antennas outside.  I have a Hydeout
> and a Focus.  Both use steel wire for rudder and
> elevator.  The Focus has a carbon rod for the
> elevator.  In both planes and certain conditions
> (example: slow roll when the antenna gets behind the
> steel cables) the radio has been going safe-fail for
> slit second.  The only cure after sending radio and
> receiver for tuning was to run the antenna outside.
> 
>   After having this experience, I am not confident
> to run antennas inside my planes.  I know that there
> is a very high percentage of pattern pilots that run
> the antenna inside.  Probably I am doing something
> wrong in the installation and I haven't been able to
> figure it out.  
> 
>   Vicente Bortone
> 
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