But I don't have a lathe - - Part II

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:51:35 -0900, "Ron Webb"
wrote:


Yep. Except that you need to provide for a ground plane of some sort.
Although it works (somewhat) just as you describe.


if you stripped the shield off of the end 25 inches of coax, threaded
the conductor in the nylaflow tube and filled it with epoxy, wouldnt
that work without needing a connector?

serious question.
Stealth Pilot


well that makes for a very cheapo antenna.
run the coax to the centre of a 2ft x 2ft sheet of thin aluminium, use
a rivnut in the centre of the sheet, epoxy the coax into it and run
the nylaflow out into the airstream.

my tailwind's antenna installation is done using standard aircraft
parts and has about 25" of round wire with the static eliminating ball
on the end. now in theory that round wire has more drag than a 25"
long 3ft chord section of aerofoil.

I wonder whether the aerofoiled (squashed) nylaflow would sit there or
would flog around in the airflow.
has anyone used veedubber's suggestion?

Stealth Pilot

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:39:44 +0800, Stealth Pilot
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:51:35 -0900, "Ron Webb"
wrote:


Yep. Except that you need to provide for a ground plane of some sort.
Although it works (somewhat) just as you describe.


if you stripped the shield off of the end 25 inches of coax, threaded
the conductor in the nylaflow tube and filled it with epoxy, wouldnt
that work without needing a connector?

serious question.
Stealth Pilot


well that makes for a very cheapo antenna.
run the coax to the centre of a 2ft x 2ft sheet of thin aluminium, use
a rivnut in the centre of the sheet, epoxy the coax into it and run
the nylaflow out into the airstream.

my tailwind's antenna installation is done using standard aircraft
parts and has about 25" of round wire with the static eliminating ball
on the end. now in theory that round wire has more drag than a 25"
long 3ft chord section of aerofoil.

I wonder whether the aerofoiled (squashed) nylaflow would sit there or
would flog around in the airflow.
has anyone used veedubber's suggestion?

Stealth Pilot
Grab an aerodynamic antenna post off a late model car, cut it and
thread it to fit into a connector, and you have greatly reduced your
antenna drag.
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