andrewskj

Is there a jig you can make to set your ailerons on your wing or is there a good way to make sure they are both the same ? I would think you can also set split elevators to match up . Please advise and thank you in advance . Ken

countilaw

I have found this tool works very well......

http://www.horizonhobby.com/products...n-meter-ROB407



Or this one:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXK260&P=0



Frank

KitBuilder

I just made mine...vertical dowel in a small base with a curve section attached to match the arc of the TE of elev or aileron... the curved sectoion has ruler measurements.... you can put one behind each aileron... cost me nothing as i had the wood on hand and 5 mins to make.

Gray Beard

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I use a piece of wood when I'm setting up the ailerons and elevators and clamp them. Then I use my home made degree meters to get them set dead on. There are a number of items you can buy. At one point I had a clamp on meter sold by Tower.

jester_s1

It's actually pretty simple. Take a straightedge, envelope, piece of wood, whatever you have. Put it on the bottom of the wing and make the aileron a continuous line with the bottom. If the wing is straight and you do that the same on both sides, you won't likely need more than 1 click of trim if you need any at all.

Charlie P.

Set the model on a table or the floor.  position the fuselage so each wingtip is the same distance off the table.  Then measure the ailerons at a similar spot (inner corner/outer corner) and set them the same distance off the table.

KitBuilder

I though he was asking for something to measure deflection up and down and not alignment with the wing itself t but as I re-read the original post it sounds like he's looking for neutrall alignment with the wing.. ? though now I'm confused

Charlie P.

Yeah.  Could be anything from trim adjustments on split pairs of elevators or ailerons to neutral setting or throws.

For throws nothing beats blocking the fuselage in place and using a carpenter's square to measure down - centered - up throw positions.  Another good method is an incedence meter - but that's high tech.

A neat trick I picked up from Harry Higley is to fasten (tape) bamboo skewers on the control surfaces and watch the tips.  When mating elevator halves or ailerons you then have tips 12" or more from the hinge line for fine tuning.   Very easy to see what tiny adjustments accomplish.

Most models have flat horizontal stabs and elevators, so you can set the neutral position with a straight-edge across both components.  Works for most rudders as well.  And for flat-bottomed wings set the straight-edge passing under the wing to "zero" the aileron.

Villa

Hi andrewskj
I just eyeball them.

Rodney

I think that anyone with normal eye sight can just stand behind the model and look at it. You can see if there is a difference in how each aileron is aligned with the rest of the wing. If you can not detect a difference then there won't be enough to worry about. Just look and use a little common sense, not need for any tooling.

Bob Yeager

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You centainly get exposed to a lot of radical, off-the-wall theories and ideas by reading these threads!

raptureboy

Eyeball it, fly it, adjust it, repeat asneeded.Simple, no gadgets needed.

tazzzz

YEP, what he said.

WacoOne

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Shouldn't the ailerons be lined up with the chord line of the wing? Not necessarily parallel to the wing bottom on a semi-symetrical wing.

Bill

jaka

Hi!
I just line them up with the rest of the wing. Simple as that.
As for throws i don't check that. Just eyeball it!
The most important thing to remember is to use as short servo arms as possible and as long aileron/elelvator arms as possible and set the radio trows at 100or 150% (to use as much of the servo travel as possible to minimise gear play)...and always make all trims mechanical ...not electronicly in the radio.

DGrant

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Don't you'all know??.... You need that $440 dollar tool... the one that's used for 2 minutes every other year... and it will make you the best flyer in the country.... with the bestest adjusted ailerons ever... come on now...

Seriously.. what they said... eye it out, maybe take a ruler to it, if you're anal.. and go fly... and have fun.