Not sure if this is the right forum, but the manufacturer lists the aircraft in question as an "ARF-QB", so here goes...

The plane is an Aeroworks Edge 540, 50cc. Absolutely gorgeous plane, and the build is really easy and straightforward, especially with all the hardware supplied. HOWEVER, in the manual for the aircraft, it shows and instructs to mount the servo just in front of the tanks, just aft of the engine box. Of course, they also specify to place the ignition just on the other side of the firewall, and the main ignition switch, well, we all know where that usually ends up.

The problem is that every gas engine mfg, and even servo mfgs say specifically (some in bold red print) to make sure the ignition and switch are at least 12 inches away from the receiver and any servos. No problem, just modify and improvise, right? Not so easy. I could easily mount the servo further back, BUTthe wing tube gets in the way of a straight solid run to the throttle lever. Any position in front of the wing tube leaves a distance of only 8-10 inches away from the switch in any direction, and the angle is bad. Nyrod is out of the questionthe amount of bends and curves and braces I'd have to make just to get it to fit right would be a bit over the top.

I and everyone that I know that flys gas swears by the 12 inch rule, and have had no problems with it, but Ihave witnessed throttle problems including crashes due to suddenly erratic throttle when this rule was broken. Yeah, Icould go ahead and do it the easy way and do it like the aircraft manual says, and check it all the time, but I would rather do it right the first time, and not waste gas checking a servo. And we all know that interference never happens when we need it to (testing, range checking), butt pops in when we LEAST need it to.

Any ideas on this?