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Nothing wrong with electrics if thats your thing, I just already have the support equipment for glow and could build another plane for cost of electric support equipment.
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Joined: 4/4/2007 From: Woodville, WI, USA Status: offline
Friday is Payday... And the LHS is on the way home...... Hmmmm...
Here's a question..
The documentation at Tower suggests using high-torque servos for the rudder and the ailerons.
But I also know a builder can opt to use a single servo for the aileron, or a dual servo option.
So.. If one were to build it with the dual servo option for the ailerons, would one still need to high torque servos in this application, or would standard servos be OK???
TIA
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As for torgue standard servos will work perfectly well for normal sport style of flying especially with dual servos which I tend to use in all my planes for individual trimming capabilities if for no other reason. If you are going to do any 3D type of flying you might want servos that will offer you more speed.
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I have a .91 Saito I'm going to use in my bipe, and I'm trying to decide how to mount it. I want to have the muffler come out the bottom, so I know I have a few options. This would be my first inverted mount set up.
Any comments on:
1: mount inverted with stock muffler pointing "up," straight down?
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Joined: 9/5/2006 From: Mayking,
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I realize that this thread is somewhat dated, however hopefully someone will help . I need to find out what the name of the aileron control horns that connect both top and bottom ailerons from each wing. They come with the Hog Bipe kit, but I broke one of mine. I cannot find them on Tower beause I don't know what to search for. They are the ones with the 2 holes for the pushrod addjustment and are made at a 90 degree angle verses a regular conrtrol horn. If you have built the Hog, I'm sure you know what I mean.
I maidened my hog on Monday evening. Everything went well. Just hoping to find a replacement part before the weekend????
Ok I just tried the embedded link and it does not take you to the right page. On the left side of the page click 'Aircraft Accessories' then 'Control Linkage' then 'Control horns' You will see it on the page.
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Joined: 9/23/2004 From: Redondo Beach,
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started building my Hog - I'm really excited for this one. I'm building the top wing first, then bottom wing, fuse, tail feather (in that order). Only "mods" planned are dual aileron servos and moving landing gear fwd about 1/2". I plan on throwing in a Saito 100 (if Santa pulls through for me!)
One question i had while reading through the manual was how to cover over the inter-wing strut mounts. It seems like it would be difficult to do a nice covering job with these installed. Have any of you permanently installed them AFTER your covering was compete?
wish me luck!
oh, BTW: I DO NOT plan on using the sig control rods for the elevator and rudder - see attached picture for length differences due to temperature change. I used them on my SSE and 4*60 and have to trim them every time I bring them out. I will be using 4-40 rods for these surfaces.
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Joined: 1/1/2002 From: Rowlett,
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For what it is worth, I built mine with the landing gear in the "stock" location and I do not have any nose over issues flying off of a grass runway. The landing gear supplied is not symetrical, it has a front and a back side to it which will change the position of the wheels. I am not opposed to moving the landing gear block, it is easy to do and it will guarantee that nose over will not be a problem even if the landing gear is mounted backwards. Enjoy the build it should be very straight forward and the plane flies great.
jcb for my $.02 having built two hogs, please do not use the cheap 1/8 lite ply interwing anchor plates. please fab your own from 1/4" (yes i said one quarter inch) hard ply and make them one half inch taller than stock to provide clearance for the "T" nuts to be pressed in and epoxied, 2 on each tab. you would also do well to fab your strut from 1/8 inch hard ply and cover each side w/ 3/32 hard balsa, then sand to round the edges front and rear. as for the 4 wing tabs, after installing to ribs, i used hand made 1/8 hard ply ribs here, you can lay a 3/8 x 1/8 strip along each side of each wing tab, so you have something to iron your covering to. re the gear, please move it forward at least 1/2 inch and mount so straight edge is forward. mine works fine that way. these are just my opinion, but see below my planes have the year they were build on them. mike
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RE: Sig Hog Bipe Build - 
. I need to find out what the name of the aileron control horns that connect both top and bottom ailerons from each wing. They come with the Hog Bipe kit, but I broke one of mine. I cannot find them on Tower beause I don't know what to search for. They are the ones with the 2 holes for the pushrod addjustment and are made at a 90 degree angle verses a regular conrtrol horn. If you have built the Hog, I'm sure you know what I mean. 
