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=== Hardware ===
 
=== Hardware ===
8mm x 5mm x 31mm Aluminum Tube
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: 8mm x 5mm x 31mm Aluminum Tube
M3 x 20mm Button Head Screw
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: M3 x 20mm Button Head Screw
M3 Hex Nut
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: M3 Hex Nut
  
You can find the aluminum tube material at a local hobby store. Then follow the picture on drilling and shaping the tube befor assembly.
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You can find the aluminum tube material at a local hobby store. Then follow the picture on drilling and shaping the tube before assembly.
  
 
== Print Files ==
 
== Print Files ==

Latest revision as of 00:47, 26 October 2016

Gimbals
August 2014

Hook.jpg

Introduction

After breaking a few tow hooks on my EPO Foam FPV planes, I came up with this collapsible tow hook. It requires a rectangular hole be burned (use a soldering iron) in the foam about 1/3 the distance from the wing spar to the nose. Then glue it in with Beacons FoamTac. Here are the parts:

Printed Parts

Tow_Hook_Base_v3.STL

Hardware

8mm x 5mm x 31mm Aluminum Tube
M3 x 20mm Button Head Screw
M3 Hex Nut

You can find the aluminum tube material at a local hobby store. Then follow the picture on drilling and shaping the tube before assembly.

Print Files