Good job Sam, they look great.
"He is wise who watches"
Nice job Sam. I love gimbal mounts. Gives you attitude with your altitude!
Sam you seem as crazy as I am. When you go in you go in head first. I thought I had more then enough so I gave some to Peter, which I know he puts to good use. Now into the WWI planes (Shapeways) so had to get in a new order which I should get tomorrow. Now that means more planes to buy. Oh well.
Bob, next time we meet I can bring you some bearings. If you need them sooner I'll drop them in the mail.
I have had a bunch that I bought from Keith 3 or 4 years ago and really need to get them in use.
Thanks Fave
Thanks peter
Yes Bob I tend to go all in when I invest in a hobby
Just got my order today. Sprayed the package with Lysol after I got it. Now I have plenty so need to get more planes to use them on.
Well done, Sam! The small magnets and ball bearings are good for the small plastic planes but for metal ones you need larger ones.
Nice job gluing them to the pegs rather than damaging the models! I wince every time I see someone has glued one to a plane...
Goes to show how we are all different.
I actually like the look and function of the bearing glued directly to the plane... but I'm far too lazy (and a bit cowardly) to cut the pegs off and gouge a hole to mount them in. So I too, have made "gimbal pegs". You only have to make a couple dozen or so and use them for any plane with a peg. While I don't like the look as much, I like the level of effort!
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Sam... I saw this on a post from Mr. Tim Flying Helmut... you may have already seen it, but:
scuff up the bearing and inner edge of the magnet with a file until they are gritty. They will hold a much heavier load/angle. I bought the standard gimbal pack from Keith and after a brutal scuffing (that sounds sorta... wrong) they will even hold the larger 2 seaters at an angle. They are far less likely to slump during play.
I love the idea of using an aerial as a telescopic stand! Great, lateral thinking.
that took a lot of balls.........literally.........a lot of tiny little steel balls.
These are amazing! How did you create these?
For the giant planes there's not much practical use, but I used a large ball bearing, scuffed with a file and attached to a sawed off peg with two-part epoxy. That goes onto the plane then it rests in a concave ring magnet (the stronger the better).
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