Colin wrote: >>following Mark's example, and install it in the rudder. Can I install it on the surface of the completed rudder by scuffing the surface and then using fiberglass tape to seal the antenna in, placing the dipole second part in the rear fuselage? Or will the addition of the tape disrupt the shape enough to cause aerodynamic problems with the rudder? Also, what is the preferred wood adhesive that everyone has the best luck using?>>
That's exactly what I did, except I think you meant vertical stabilizer, rather than rudder. You wouldn't want to flex the coax by mounting it on the moveable rudder. Even though the "smart" thing to do is to mount it to the vertical stabilizer spar when under construction, I completely forgot about it until after my vertical stab was finished (this after reminding people to stick it to the spar about a month earlier!). I wasn't sure that I wanted to compeletely screw up the leading edge, so I put mine on the right side, about an inch away from the leading edge. Facing forward is slightly better from a reception/transmission standpoint (best reception is broadside to the antenna), but if it's built already, you're options are more limited. The copper foil is very thin, so I just put one thin layer of fiberglass over the foil, and then overlapped it by an inch on each side, and covered it with peelply to make sure it laid flat. Then smoothed over it with filler when it was done, and you can't tell it's even there. It must work OK. I routinely pick up aircraft in the pattern at airports 70 miles away from inside my underground basement! There is a photo of it at the top of http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/antennas.html , T-88 is the undisputed champion of the wood epoxies. I love the stuff. Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL mailto:langf...@hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford Colin wrote:
