>Gidday,
>Has anyone actually used a RST kit for their aerials, and if so what results
>do you get? Most of us have probably visited their web site, but their
>performance, is it worth the risk? Sure, they are cheap, but I believe like
>most of us, you get what you pay for! Does anyone know to the contrary first
>hand?
>Regards
>Tony Renshaw
I bought the book and the materials kit: I'm pleased with both, but as is
often the case, it raised as many questions as it answered:
What I wanted to know was stuff on handheld nav/com dual purpose copper
tape antennas (not covered at all) so I emailed RST for advice -the reply
being "post the question on rec.aviation.homebuilt so that the answer didn't
have to be reposted lots of times" (fair enough)
-but no answer a couple of weeks later.... out of desperation (just about
to do the LE layups, and the antenna needed to be buried under that) I
phoned... and was effectively told to ******** off - an attitude, I believe,
borne of a very litigation concious society (RST are in California) so I
took their final advice (guessing is OK) and cross my fingers..... -cheers,
chaps.
Perhaps I should have offered to pay....
However: their reputation in the States is outstanding (Rutan uses
them) and Ivan's antenna scheme is almost identical: a straw poll around
copper tape users universally reports good results, so the Flyer Europa will
be sprouting them (conceptually speaking) all over the place.
All the best
Miles
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