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  1. 21st July 2012 07:27 PM #1
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    vee antenna placement

    Hi,

    I have the vtx out on a wing, and I was trying to figure out how to mount a vee antenna. Does this look right?

    Thanks,

    Juan

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  2. 21st July 2012 07:35 PM #2
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    looks good to me, i watch you dont catch the ground during landing and rip it off
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  3. 21st July 2012 07:36 PM #3
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    Yes, that's what I'm worried about. How else could I mount it to avoid that problem?
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  4. 21st July 2012 07:52 PM #4
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    i mounted mine like this

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    2 1/8 inch pieces of wood 1 sunk into the wing and epoxy'd

    with a screw a a pivot point/failure point

    not to scale of course
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  5. 21st July 2012 07:57 PM #5
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    Great idea, thanks.
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  6. 21st July 2012 08:00 PM #6
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    no problem. thatll be 11.95 usd i only take 20 dollar bills and NO CHANGE!

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