Hey Winton, this was also my first question to the altusmetrum list, about 2 years ago. :)
Don't curve it around or dangle it outside. Just drill a hole in the bulkhead and run it up next to the chute, then use some RTV or glue to seal the bulkhead hole and prevent residue from getting into the bay. It's easy to solder a new piece of wire if you damage it, or get the SMA version to make it replaceable. You could use a piece of straw to protect it, but to be honest, I don't see much damage even when it's right next to a 2g BP charge. Casey On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Winton Davies <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I was hoping to get the TM into a 2.6" diam x 5" long AV bay (the Madcow > one) - however my forward and rear payloads are already pretty crowded with > linen, and I'd rather not have a dangling wire in there that could be > ripped off. > > So - How much signal loss if that wire is just curved to fit the AV bay ? > It'll be inside 2 layers of fibreglass, (not CF) obviously? > > Has anyone flown with it dangling outside through a static pressure port? > > Should I consider some kind of compromise - like 2" of the 7" whip antenna > outside, epoxied in place to the bulkhead, with the bulk of it inside the > bay, connected by an SMA-SMA coax? > > Has anyone gotten a good solution for this? > > Cheers, > Winton > > > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum > >
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