<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Since the veltye stuff comes by the yard, I typically wrap two wraps across the width, than another longitudinally. The hook material captures all 3 wraps, locking them in place No way for the captured item to come out.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Of course, this is all forward looking planning suggestions. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Our club made a very long tree poker by purchasing a bunch of 8 foot sections of PVC that slip inside one another. There's a pin (carrage bolt) to hold each one. If you start with 3" PVC and work down, you can get a 30 foot poker. I'd bet a lot of guys would want one of those!!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">The Velcro I am using is GB double sided. It works like a wire tie and has a slot just like a wire tie. You can't pull this stuff apart when used that way. I still think that battery slid out of the foam tube. I should have used a tie-wrap longitudinally as well. Should have, would have , could have....<br>
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Subject: Velcro can be very good<br>
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When you all are discussing the problems with velcro, I wonder what kind<br>
you are using. I've found that most velcro that I find in the hardware<br>
stores locally frays easily and the sticky back doesn't hold up. Then the<br>
hook material lets go too easily. I wouldn't trust my battery or receiver<br>
to it.<br>
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I use a product called Vel-Tye (www.veltye.com). They have hook material<br>
called 87S ($4.25 yd) that is so good, it will fray and rip apart normal<br>
velcro. For the loop material I use their "back to back hook and loop".<br>
It is a non-fraying material that is two sided. It sticks to itself. Use<br>
these to wrap up the foam, then epoxy the hook material in your plane, then<br>
just set the battery/receiver (wrapped in B2B material) on the 87S hook,<br>
and you're done. It aint coming off due to any flight loads.<br>
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To separate this, you need to work your fingers through the joint slowly.<br>
I use this stuff for many purposes and buy it in bulk, then cut it to size.<br>
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Check it out!<br>
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