Alternate Wing Servo Lead Tubes
Bruce shares this email from a Flyin'King enthusiast.
Thanks for the idea, Tom. You've discovered the "Cadillac" of
servo lead tubes! At some of the recent trade shows, I've noticed several
vendors selling some very cheap, but very usable, tubes for this purpose as
well. Definitely more elegant than the rolled up paper...
> As I was working on my Flyin' King the other evening (I got it at the
NorthWest Expo in Puyallup),
> I was at the point of putting in the paper tubes for the servo leads. I was
wishing that I had a
> nice, light, cardboard tube to use.
>
> While I was shopping a hobby store, I found the following:
>
> BT-20 Body Tubes for model rockets. They fit perfectly. I got 4, 18"
tubes in a package (sorry, I
> don't remember what they cost). Diameter was 0.736.
>
> They are available from:
> Estes Industries
> 1295 H Street
> Penrose, CO 81240
>
> Just thought I'd share that with you!
>
> Tom Phelps
> Chair, Business Division
> Economics/Math/Statistics Instructor
> Pierce College