Matt Watts Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Been almost a year since I last posted here... I'm on the final stages of building a Flyingwings Raven, and I was wondering where I should be routing the (35MHz) receiver aerial. I picked up that placing the aerial anywhere near both the ESC and motor is a very bad idea, and that it's generally best to have the aerial running off a wing tip. Thing is, it's the middle bit I'm confused about. Do I stick the aerial along the leading edge and have it running along the edge of the wing at the end (forgotten the word for that bit), or just take a shortcut to the wingtip at the trailing edge by routing it across the top/bottom of the wing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 When I built my last wing I just routed the aerial round the edge of the plane so it was all under the covering tape. Absolutely no problems what so ever, even when flown quite a distance away. Just my experience anyway. Logically it would be best if it was straight but doing it the way I did didn't actually seem to cause a problem. Your mileage may vary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Watts Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Great, thanks for the advice. I guess I have a bit of a range advantage in that the Raven doesn't need covering, though the icreased risk of getting the aerial caught in the prop is a little discomforting.Just out of curiosity, how well to 2.4GHz receivers behave in small flying wings? I don't have any 2.4GHz equipment, but my interest in the hobby has just flared into life again in the last week or so. Is it still generally superior to 35MHz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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