Does this wire holds its shape? I need 1mm wire to make pushrods for my rc plane.
107491
I purchased this wire hoping for something bendable like a paper clip. It was extremely stiff, and would probably work well as a push rod. The stuff was pretty inexpensive. Might be worth the $ to find out. Hope that helps.
107492
This wire is used to make springs.It is wound around a mandrel. If it were heated to red hot and quenched in water or oil it would become very hard,stiff and brittle.
107493
As a push-rod material, this wire is springy so it wiggles a bit over long distances (1 ft+), but you can solve any issues by guiding it through the plane with a tube or zip ties. You can bend it to shape but you will need 2 needle nose pliers to bend sharp angles with it. It's tricky to use z-bends on this sort of wires, because it is hard to bend. You really need linkage stoppers, forget right z bends for trimming.
107494
Yup, its a little bit on the heavy side but I use it for all my planes that only need short pushrods. FT Bloody Wonder, FT 3D etc.
107495
Yes, it will hold its shape. I made some 1" diameter spring out of it. Once you bend it to the shape you want, it will hold that new shape.
1344835
They are wire and will bend, but stay bent once you do so. These are pretty small, but I find them very useful. I don't think they will hold up to a LOT of heavy scrubbing, though.
650655
I use a relatively low gauge but am out of town so can't say accurately. Mine is NOT the heavy "round" wire.
1486077
I haven't really worked with brass wires that thick. But it has been a excellent loop maker for copper wires as thick as AWG#10.
488054
I had to trim a few strands from the 12 gauge wire and tin the rest to get it to fit snugly and safely. certainly possible and feels solid, just make sure that when inserting the wire you don't leave any lose strands that can short across the terminals if you have trouble getting the full 12 gauge in. I have used them for 2A connections, but feel that is pushing things. If you want a good solid high current DC connector for a project, I highly recommend the open XT60 design. Note: Just looked up specs for the EIAJ connector, which is a standardized version of this barrel connector built to higher tolerances and they specify a 2A limit. So this connector would be 2A at most, likely less though due to it not being true EIAJ and a no name brand.
1062507
I measured the wire with a digital micrometer and the diameter, including the insulation, is 18 AWG. The measurement is 1.4 mm or 0.48 inches.They work fine on my Bixler, and TekSumo models and I intend to use them on my quad-copter.
1893597
It should as long as the wire is stranded and not solid. This attaches by unscrewing the bottom black part, which has a hollow post in the middle with teeth on the top. The wire is fed through the center of the black part and then the strands are folded down over the teeth. The connection is then made permanent when the top part is screwed back on trapping the strands between the base and the top. I used 12 ga. and there was plenty of room for a bigger wire.
1542786
They are made of strong rubber that holds it's shape, but could also be stretched to hold a large wire. Nice quality!
1598765
Yes. Mine was 18 or 20 gage solid wire. I was told stranded wire will not work because it carries a radio transmission. I have it around 5 acres and it works perfect.
745311
Not made for large gauge wires. I think it will handle up to 18-16 awg no problem
718896
I like the Phoenix Gold 12 ga. wire sold here on Amazon.Better off w/o connectors. Just wrap the bare wire around the post at least 1.5 turns.
1503033
It's like a strong thick thread. That's the best I can describe it, I don't there is anything small enough to measure the size of the wire.
2216678
Its really small wire. Probably 24g. I had a really hard time splicing it. But if you strip about 2 to 3 times more than you need you can just did the wire to make it thicker
1928447
I made mine with just a regular wire from an engineering kit I had. It has a hole designated for the antenna, it's not the coil some people see and wrap a wire around it, haha.
997602
This isn't paperclip wire, or anything like it. It takes a bend and wants to stay there. You can bend it with your hands, but I'd suggest a pair of pliers, needle nose if you want a tight bend. It will also provide much more rigidity than paperclip wire.
1800327
Hi. It would take some pretty precise calipers to measure the thickness of this wire. It's about as thick as dental floss. And it works pretty well. Just do the knot like they tell you in the package and you'll be fine. Hope this helps.
453222
absolutely, get strong wire cutters, this is not flimsy wire mesh, its great wire. marisa