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From: Stuart Bradley <stuartjaybradley@...>
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Carbon rods in Dubro micro "clamp" for the servo..
I've bought unetched teflon off ebay for pretty cheap. Nothing will stick to it (of course, we have all seen the saucepan ads!!), but the thought was tiny wrap of masking tape wherever is needs to be supported. Another thought was a thin spiral of masking tape along its length then can run CA along it. I've always used single strand fishing wire trace for thin pushrods. Pretty cheap from tackle shops and available in a range of sizes. Not sure if its cheaper than piano wire for you guys in the US, but it is where I am. Still yet to start my bug, still yet to finish the QF2, yet to start that sloper thats been sitting here for a year now, yet to rebuild that wing, yet to........ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]