RE: COMP-ARF A-4 BUILD
The truth is, I never had plans to enter this jet in any type of scale competition, I just love the jet. That being said, I would have preferred to keep the scale appearance of the nose gear steering. I have now taxi tested my direct servo modification and it works perfectly. So at this stage, I've owned this jet now for over two years and I want to see it fly. Time to cut my loss and at least have a flying jet instead of a static model. Once I taxi this jet away from me, I won't even be able to see the nose servo, and once it takes off & I retract the gear, no one else will be able to see it either. That's just going to have to be good enough. If at a later date someone else finds a suitable fix, then maybe I'll switch mine over.
Now the question is whether or not there are any flight deficiencies lurking that I don't know about. Comp ARF lost their first model to flutter, I believe, and I'm not sure if this kit has the modification which solved that issue, and Andreas has not been able to provide me with that info either. All and all, this has been a disappointing adventure so far, I can only hope the flights will even things out a bit.
David S