[TowerTalk] Fw: more on Ham4 into 25g

Steve Litwins litwins2 at cox.net
Sun Sep 3 15:50:25 EDT 2006


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Litwins" <litwins2 at cox.net>
To: <'Towertalk at Contesting>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: more on Ham4 into 25g


> There have been several well thought out possible solutions to my question 
> of how to mount a Ham 4 rotor into the middle of a 25g section (half way 
> up at abt 4.5 feet).  I am beginning to wonder if in fact I really have a 
> T2X (or a modified Ham 4) instead of the Ham 4.  Never had a T2X so I 
> cannot readily tell the difference.  But I do know this:  There is no way 
> on God's little green earth I am gg to push, pry, shove, twist or 
> otherwise coax that Ham 4 into the center of the tower.  The way that the 
> zig-zag bracing is welded into the three legs is the limiting factor.  If 
> the zig-zag bracing was not there the rotor wud fit very easily.  Even if 
> there was some way to get the rotor into the space between the legs, there 
> is no way it can be made to move from one place to the next...simply 
> cannot be done from my perspective!  I wonder if MFJ did a re-design on 
> the Ham 4 back in 2004 or so and it now has a case similar to the T2X? 
> The bottom of the rotor is stamped- Ham 4 2005- exactly.  Or maybe the 
> tower I have is a really old model and the bracing on the newer models is 
> placed differently such that a Ham 4 will fit...who knows?...probably only 
> the Shadow...
> I don't have a big enough set of calipers to accurately measure the max 
> diameter of the rotor.  It has the pig-tail so it's kinda hard to set on 
> end to do that.
> This is a puzzle I really wud like to find the answer to...any help? 
> 73/dx
> steve, k8wk
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