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- From: ericw@hobbes.amd.com (Eric Wedaa)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: Quickie 500 Needs to be REFORMED!!
- Message-ID: <ericw.713649487@hobbes>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 19:58:07 GMT
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- lew@4ccvt2.scg.hac.com (Lyman Lew) writes:
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- >1.
- >2.
- >3.
- >4.
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- 1-4 are NOT good ideas!
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- >5. Put fuel shutoffs of some kind on the engines should a wing
- >depart from the fuselage.
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- This should be easy enough to do. (And is a good idea anyways...)
- You could just some sort of cable leading from inside the wing
- or some bolted on part of the wing, to the fuel line. Then, if the
- wing pops off, either A) it pulls the fuel line from the engine/gas tank,
- or B) (If your fuel line does not give) keeps the wing semi-attached
- to the fueselage.
-
- >6. Install a drag chute in the fuselage should the wing depart
- >from the fuselage.
-
- A little harder to do, but still within the realms of possibility.
- glue a small cardboard tube (Toilet paper perhaps?) to the inside
- of the fuselage. "Z" fold the parachute into the tube. Tie the
- anchor lines (correct name?) to the landing gear, and have an extra
- cord attached to the parachute. When you install the wind, loop
- the cord around a piece of tape, and attach the tape to the wind.
- Then if the wind comes off, it yanks the parachute out.
-
- That's probably not a bad idea for a "beginners" plane anyways,
- as I've seen more of them lose wings than any other type.
-
-
- >>>>Ericw
-
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