Rmac757

I know that someone has posted the "how to" on this before but I couldn't find it. I need to straighten some of my F-16 nose antennas. Does anyone have a tip for this. It's driving me nuts looking at them bent.

SuperKungFu

the antenna is plastic, my suggestion just use some heat, low a blow-dryer and heat it up a bit and slowly bend it into position.

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Eagle_Flyer

I would try SKF's suggestion, however the key word is "slowly" otherwise you may end up breaking the part.

Rmac757

The odd part is that I don't remember ever bumping and bending them. Thanks for the suggestions.

tomcatter

cabinet doors closing on them, perhaps? i must say i haven't heard of hm antennas bending naturally.

Rmac757

I'm sure it something I did. I have around 17 Vipers and 3 of them have slightly bent antennas. A little heat should do the trick.

Jumper

By chance do you have any cats? Mine like to brush up against the darnedest things...

tomcatter

imho if it were the cats, there would've been more than just bent antennas

Rmac757

Yes we do. A little kitten who's not suppose to be in the office. Strangely enough the three are all Israeli Vipers which are lined up ( great detective work I know). I think that someone/something has infiltrated my lair. I am going to have to implement stronger security measures.....like a "Keep Out" sign....written in kitten.

Shawn507

I run bent pitot tubes under warm water to soften it up. Once I bend back into place, hit with cold water.

Rmac757

Thanks Shawn. I'll try that out

Stefciu

Hi Rmac757,
I had a similiar issue with my Polish F-16 - If the above doesn't work if you get in contact with Hobby Master itself they may have a spare nose cone that you can replace.

My antenna was snapped off so I have received the new nose piece and just need to swap them over. Cost me about $10US or so (I live in Aus and cannot remember the full postage price)

HM were awesome to deal with and their communication was excellent - would highly recommend them.

Good luck!
Steven.