<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/25/2003 3:14:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, amirneshati@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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I weighed a carbon pushrod once that was ready to install and weighed around 1.5 ounces and I believe the </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">40 lbs. coated fishing line stuff weighed only a few grams...Kevlar would probably weigh only a couple of grams.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Have fun,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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My pull-pull PTFE coated Kevlar set-up for elevator and rudder weighs in the 12 gram range for a 2 meter pattern model. Includes the plastic parts and the threaded ends, but not the 6-32 bolts I use for horns.<BR>
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Matt K</FONT></HTML>