Larry Howell wrote: > You can sandwich the copper tape between a couple of layers of fiberglass > cloth, let them set up and then glue the rig in wherever you feel like.
Yep, I made one of those by duct taping a piece of wood and laying out some 2" fiberglass tape on it, bent around the corners to form a little fiberglass angle, then after it cured I added the tape, then another layer of fiberglass tape. That was pretty light too, but then I discovered the arrow shaft and how small and stiff it made the whole thing, I went that way instead. For those who don't realize it yet, the best way (in my humble opinion) to do an antenna is to bury a copper tape on the vertical stabilizer spar starting at the very top and coming down to whatever the magic number is...roughly 20.3", then the connection to the coax, then run the other leg down until it hits the fuselage floor. Mine is angled back to the rear to fit it in, and although it's surrounded by control cables and shoulder belt cables, I couldn't ask for better reception. I forgot to stick mine to the spar before I foamed and glassed the vertical, so I had to stick it on the front of the vertical stabilizer and add another of glass to keep it there. Just another in a long line of screwups! See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/antennas.html for a few pictures. Mark Langford n5...@hiwaay.net website www.n56ml.com
