my "simple 1/2A stooge"

Looks good.  I made a quick and dirty one using a piece of fence picket, cable ties, paperclips, and an old control handle.  I haven't had the opportunity to try it out, as there's always been someone around to pit for me, but the pull test was adequate.  I made two sticks so the long one can be staked down in-line with the plane's direction of flight, and one that can be staked at a right angle.

The parts:



The clips bent:


The finished assembly. The handle line clips to the paperclip, so that a quick yank pulls the pin, but doesn't let the pin go flying off:


And with a plane staged:


Sorry to hijack the thread,

The Pirate Mark

[quote="Cribbs74"]I would consider mine simple, yours is well engineered.

Ron

Thanks Ron... It just has to work... that's all that counts!

batjac wrote:Looks good.  I made a quick and dirty one using a piece of fence picket, cable ties, paperclips, and an old control handle.  I haven't had the opportunity to try it out, as there's always been someone around to pit for me, but the pull test was adequate.  I made two sticks so the long one can be staked down in-line with the plane's direction of flight, and one that can be staked at a right angle.


The finished assembly.  The handle line clips to the paperclip, so that a quick yank pulls the pin, but doesn't let the pin go flying off:

And with a plane staged:


Sorry to hijack the thread,

The Pirate Mark

No worries here Mark! That's really innovative... and you don't have to "wind-up" 25+ ft. of string afterward!

I see a common design here, the sliding pin, i guess it means its must work.

Here's one i made years ago, i really liked it as it didn't take up a lot of space in flight box, a #64 held it all together.

I have a Brodak stooge. However for a string pull I took a chalk line (purchased with purpose) and reloaded with hot pink braided nylon mason's line.

I never have a tangle in my box from my stooge, it rolls up easily, the line is plainly visible in grass.

Phil

Great thread. Thanks for sharing!