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Ball Links, Wing Bolts, Clevises, Hinges,
Control Horns for Model Airplanes

BIG brass control horns or fastening point for flying wires	GR36763 Brass Control Horns, 5 ..... $ 13.90 AVAILABLE NOW Can be used as control horns in a pull-pull system, or as hard points to attach wire bracing for wings or tail. Adjustable. Weigh less than 3 grams each and are 1/4" dia. x 5/16" long, with a 1/2" dia. reinforcing ring. Large glue surface provides solid installation. Threaded section has about 1/4" of adjustment and is pre-drilled for standard clevis.

BIG aluminum control horns or fastening point for flying wires	GR36764 Aluminum Control Horns, 5 ..... $ 14.90 AVAILABLE NOW Can be used as control horns in a pull-pull system, or as hard points to attach wire bracing for wings or tail. Weigh less than 1 gram each and are 7/32" dia. x 5/16" long, with a 3/8" dia. reinforcing ring. Mounts through the surface to be controlled, large glue surface provides solid installation. Threaded section has about 1/4" of adjustment and is pre-drilled for standard clevis.

Never gouge a wing with a screwdriver again
	GR142 E-Z Turn Wing Bolts with Blind Nuts, 10 pair ..... $ 3.70 AVAILABLE NOW 1-9/16" long wing bolt with 1/4"-20 thread. Thumb-screw head requires no tools. Made from reinforced nylon, includes nylon blind nuts.

Smaller Pushrod Connectors for Slow and Park Flyers	MJ2765 Micro Pushrod Connectors, 6 ..... $ 4.80 AVAILABLE NOW Overall length of each connector is only 5/16". For easy adjustment of pushrods in small planes. Phillips set screw locks pushrod in place. Starlock holds connector in servo output wheel.

High performance zero-slop control horns
	GR1023 3-Point Control Horn with Ball-Link ..... $ 7.80 AVAILABLE NOW Approx. 3/4" x 7/8" base, 1-1/8" tall. Adjustable from 1/2" to 1" height. For surfaces up to 9/16" thick.

	GR36731 3-Point Control Horn with Ball-Link ..... $ 5.80 AVAILABLE NOW Approx. 3/4" x 7/8" base, 1-1/2" tall. Adjustable from 1/2" to 1-1/2" height. Ball-link accepts 2-56 thread. For surfaces 5/16" to 9/16" thick.

	GR36681 Mini Control Horn ..... $ 9.60 AVAILABLE NOW Approx. 5/16" x 5/8" base, 3/4" tall. To mount simply drill a 4mm (5/32") hole and glue in place. For surfaces up to 5mm (+3/16") thick.

These oversize ball links are SAFER! HLH518 Oversize Ball Link, Small Stud ..... $ 0.90 AVAILABLE NOW	HLH519 Oversize Ball Link, Large Stud ..... $ 0.90 AVAILABLE NOW Very large ball links 1" long. These are much safer for flight control uses than smaller types. These are also strong enough for use in steering linkages in RC cars and helicopter rotor control. 2-56 and 4-40 threaded rods will self-thread into the control rod end.

Threaded Pushrod Connectors are safer and more adjustable than set-screw types.	HLFK3061 Threaded Pushrod Connectors, 2-56, pack of 2 ..... $ 6.60 AVAILABLE NOW Instead of clamping a pushwire to your servo output these are 2-56 threaded for max safety. The pin through the servo output arm is threaded and is held in place with a nut for removing and for relocating along the servo output arm.

	Dubro micro control horns DUB848 Micro Control Horns, 2 ..... $ 1.50 AVAILABLE NOW

Micro control horns for small planes The long offset gives a reach of 1/4" from the front edge of horn. The short offset gives a reach of 3/32" from the edge of horn.	MJ2202 Micro Control Horns, Long Offset, 2 ..... $ 1.20 AVAILABLE NOW MJ2204 Micro Control Horns, Short Offset, 2 ..... $ 1.20 AVAILABLE NOW Very lightweight plastic with barbed prongs to better hold the glue. The holes for the pushrods are 1/32" and can be enlarged if necessary.

Special Slowflyer control horns	CH902 Slowflyer Horns, Pair ..... $ 1.90 AVAILABLE NOW About 1" long. Can be used as a pull/pull horn in slowflyers, or cut off one end for a conventional one-sided control horn. Glue into 1/8" hole in control surface.

Multi-purpose hinge	MJ2533 Medium Pin Hinges, 12 ..... $ 4.40 AVAILABLE NOW 1-7/8" long, 1/8" square shaft changing to a stepped round section designed for solid gluing into flight surface. Can be used for ailerons, elevator and rudder in balsa or foam aircraft. We use these for adding a functional rudder to foam parkflyers that come with fixed rudders.

Do you want to know the best way to hook up a pushrod with clevises, threaded couplers, and pushrod connectors? Don’t! Z-Bends are the best way to connect a servo output to a pushrod. Z-Bends are the best way to connect the other end of a pushrod to the control surface’s control horn.	HLFK6232 Z-Bend Coupler for 1/16 Wire, pack of 10 ..... $ 6.30 AVAILABLE NOW HLFK6230 Z-Bend Coupler for 5/64 Wire, pack of 10 ..... $ 6.30 AVAILABLE NOW You solder these ready-made Kavan Z-Bend Couplers to a music wire. If you judged the length wrong, melt the solder and move the Z-Bend Coupler. The ends are 1.5mm diameter which fits the holes in servo arms and control horns exactly.

Adjustable clevis clamps directly to pushrod!	RA107 Security Clamp Clevises, 2 ..... $ 2.40 AVAILABLE NOW Holds securely because screw clamp is solid brass. Nylon clevis is strong enough for very large control surfaces. It is short — less than 1" long — so it fits where there’s no room for a threaded coupler. Instantly adjustable and you don’t have to open the clevis to make the adjustment. A popular "old" item in England but brand new to USA.

Move control surfaces accurately with no horns or pushrod showing!	CH901 Hidden Control Horns, pair ..... $ 5.90 AVAILABLE NOW 7/8" wide, 1-1/8" long. Can be installed inside a wing, horizontal stab, or vertical fin to actuate, respectively, the ailerons and flaps, elevator, or rudder. Each package contains one left and one right actuator that move in opposite directions. There is almost no backlash or “slop”. Swivel ball links are included for hookup to your pushrod or cable ends.

Precision turnbuckles	HLFK3050 7/8" Brass Turnbuckles, pair ..... $ 8.80 AVAILABLE NOW HLFK3052 2" Brass Turnbuckles, pair ..... $ 11.90 AVAILABLE NOW

Solid Brass Turnbuckles	GR5711 5/8" Turnbuckles, 10 ..... $ 23.90 ESTIMATED ARRIVAL 01/02/09 - Please Preorder Now GR5712 1" Turnbuckles, 10 ..... $ 28.90 AVAILABLE NOW Ten brass turnbuckles in a package. For adjustment and tensioning of flying wires and rigging on RC models of vintage aircraft. Brass.

Odd control horns GR10119 Rudder Horns for V-Tails, pair ..... $ 4.80 AVAILABLE NOW 7/8" long horns that extend 110 (degrees) from the control surface instead of the usual 90 (degrees).	GR3668 Shaft-mount Aileron Horns, pair ..... $ 2.40 AVAILABLE NOW Horn portion is about 5/8" long. Insert shaft through hole. Glue in place. Cut off the shaft. Scale appearance.