Whilst i was getting ready for the better spring weather i built a newer Cloverleaf Antenna for my hopeful FPV flights, once the weather is better. It was during the building i realised how fragile the Antenna could be, if you have made it out of thin wire or even soft copper wire.
I then thought i would try an idea i saw on a post many months ago which i unfortunately have lost the link to where someone had put a ping pong ball over the Antenna. This seemed not to difficult and so below is my step by step walk through of how i built my Antenna cover.
First find you new or in my case squashed ping pong ball.
Cut the ping pong ball along the join , i used a Razor saw which did little damage to it.
Drill a hole in the middle, i then shaped it square as my Antenna was square at its base, then split it to the edge of the ball.
Slip the ball over the antenna using the split to slip it on from, the ball is vert flexable and wont tear.
Then using either the other half of the ball or, again in my case a second squashed ball you can mate it with the first half.
I then used a little Epoxy to glue the ball in place, and used some more to seal the split that i made to get the ball onto the antenna.
The finished product, it looks ok, but could be painted to make it look more dramatic, say Orange :-)
I just wrote on it TX to remind me it is a Transmitter antenna as i no longer can see it :-)
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