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This is the only pic of the one I had that's still in my Photobucket thing:

This was when I was first testing it before it was raised all the way up. The boom is 2x2 pine and the mast to boom plate is 3/8" exterior ply that I fiberglassed.

It held up well in the wind, the only problem being a couple of times the U bolt didn't hold the refelctor so well and it tilted in about two feet toward the center. Your design with the bracket arms will keep that from happening.

So mine was pretty low-tech, yeah... But that thing bounced around in some high winds to the point that I was sure I'd come out the next morning to find nothing but sticks and wires hanging there, but other than what I just mentioned I never had a minute's trouble from this quad and didn't have to do a thing to tune it, ever.

Experimentation is what it's all about though, and thanks again for the 1/12 wave info. I recall seeing that some time back but didn't pay much attention to it.

<blockquote data-quote="RickC." data-source="post: 141215" data-attributes="member: 9297">This is the only pic of the one I had that&#039;s still in my Photobucket thing:<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/RickC1/quad1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This was when I was first testing it before it was raised all the way up.&nbsp; The boom is 2x2 pine and the mast to boom plate is 3/8&quot; exterior ply that I fiberglassed.&nbsp;It held up well in the wind, the only problem being a couple of times the U bolt didn&#039;t hold the refelctor so well and it tilted in about two feet toward the center.&nbsp; Your design with the bracket arms will keep that from happening.So mine was pretty low-tech, yeah...&nbsp; But that thing bounced around in some high winds to the point that I was sure I&#039;d come out the next morning to find nothing but sticks and wires hanging there, but other than what I just mentioned I never had a minute&#039;s trouble from this quad and didn&#039;t have to do a thing to tune it, ever.&nbsp; &nbsp;Experimentation is what it&#039;s all about though, and thanks again for the 1/12 wave info.&nbsp; I recall seeing that some time back but didn&#039;t pay much attention to it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RickC., post: 141215, member: 9297"] This is the only pic of the one I had that's still in my Photobucket thing: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/RickC1/quad1.jpg[/IMG] This was when I was first testing it before it was raised all the way up. The boom is 2x2 pine and the mast to boom plate is 3/8" exterior ply that I fiberglassed. It held up well in the wind, the only problem being a couple of times the U bolt didn't hold the refelctor so well and it tilted in about two feet toward the center. Your design with the bracket arms will keep that from happening. So mine was pretty low-tech, yeah... But that thing bounced around in some high winds to the point that I was sure I'd come out the next morning to find nothing but sticks and wires hanging there, but other than what I just mentioned I never had a minute's trouble from this quad and didn't have to do a thing to tune it, ever. Experimentation is what it's all about though, and thanks again for the 1/12 wave info. I recall seeing that some time back but didn't pay much attention to it. [/QUOTE]

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