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BSEE - KB3UON My Engineering Web: RF Cafe Carpe Diem! (Seize the Day!) Even during the busiest times of my life I have endeavored to maintain some form of model building activity. This site has been created to help me chronicle my journey through a lifelong involvement in model aviation, which all began in Mayo, MD ... |
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Thunder Tiger VictoriaSnap Modifications |
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For those of you who have asked, here is a list of what we purchased to modify our Victoria, both the modifications and accessories.
The picture at the right shows reformed original snaps. Note that the centerlines are in line with the rigging lines. The picture at the left shows new snaps from Wal-Mart that already have a rounded shape.
Posted September 12, 2008 |
As supplied, the snaps have a shape that tend to wrench the deck
eyelets out of the deck when tension is put on the lines. This occurs because
the centerline of the snap is not aligned in the direction of the tension. A
simple reforming of the snap
wires
into a rounded shape will correct the problem. Better yet, a trip to the fishing
section of Wal-Mart or a tackle shop will yield a new set of snaps that already
have the rounded shape.