splais

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I'm putting together a 40 size seaplane. Hit a sang. What did you guys do with the antenna. I'm tried running it around inside the fusealge; but range check was bad. Does anyone just let it fly in the wind and get into the water. thanks.

M3

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Like all my planes (land planes also) they run through the center of the fuselage and exit the bottom covering and "flap in the wind." Never had a problem.

JimCasey

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I have the antenna exit the fuselage thru a small hole. Drill the hole somewhere handy aft of the wing. Then string the antenna to a rubber band hung from a pin in the vert stab. Just like on my land planes.....except my senior telemaster that is big enuf to swallow the whole antena inside the fuselage. There I use a nyrod tube to keep the antenna straight.

taildraggerdave

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Hey Steve,
I ran my antenna loosely through the fuse and tied a knot at the end. It only sticks out about 1/2"
I would be suspicous of your receiver or crystal. Have they been crashed or are they new? I haven't yet had a range check problem on any of my planes and I try to keep the antenna in or very near the plane.

jaka

Hi!
I always have my antennas inside the fuselage (F3D pylonracers as well as on my scaleairplanes, fiberglass as well as balsa).
No problem at all.
I fly JR since 1980.

Regards!
Jan K
Sweden

Jim Finn

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I use a home made "Loaded" antenna that is 6 inches long and costs me 35 cents to make that I just lay inside the fuslage. No range problems at all , even at about 700 feet up!