Rabid Micro-Tailwheel Retainers (for very small wheels)

Description

Very small RC aircraft models have small wheels – and even smaller tail wheels.  If you are picky about the way your aircraft looks, you probably dislike using relatively clunky and heavy brass wheel collars.   (They’re fine for larger wheels).

Rabid Models offers small 3D-printed tailwheels (click here) and 3D-printed wheel retainers which look like hubcaps (click here) but we also have something different that’s even smaller – which is great for very small wheels.

This is a 3mm PPN plastic tube available in two sizes (to fit 1/16″ wire or 0.047″ wire, which are the sizes often used in small models.  The wire fits fairly tightly (a friction fit).  The idea is that you can cut the tube into small pieces using a razor blade or hobby knife.  The small piece of tubing fits on the wire to function as a wheel retainer (or spacer) as you see in the main picture.

This sale includes two pieces as you see above, about 5 inches total.  Cut the tube to the length you need!  5 inches is enough to make 20-30 pieces depending on the size.  The wheels, razor blade, and wire are NOT included! We suggest using a dot of flexible glue (such as Foam-Tac) on the end, to secure the tube on the wire.

But wait!  That’s not all!  Rabid tubing can also be used to firmly anchor a removeable antenna or other accessories on your model.  Glue the tubing in your model and then “plug” the wire into it.  The wire can be pushed in and pulled out!  The next few pictures show how the tubing can be installed to mount a removable loop-antenna decoration. You can use this idea to install removable details on your model to prevent them from being damaged in transport.  (this example shows the tube glued into foam)

Since the tubing is such a small item we recommend adding it to other items in your cart. Its probably not worth the postage to order this all by itself!