Hi all...
Now I got that rudder counterbalance just about right, after doing some serious maintenance to my disc sander that I discovered has a warped disc [:@], I remembered that I hate the way TF do the fin to rudder hinge line and now have to hack it off.
Oh well. Next one will be that much better
Instead of the triangle section being carved into the rudder leading edge to sit against the flat trailing edge of the fin, I'm rounding mine like the real one and adding triangle stock shrouds to hide the line. X-craft put me onto this with his Jug (
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=685431). Yeah it moves the hingeline slightly rearward, but the real 51 has this and I like it. What other reasons do I need?
Extra work, but well worth it in my opinion.
Happy building guys...
Goose