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Old 04-26-2013 | 02:06 AM
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Default RE: Sig Ryan STA

Thanks Robert, David and Anthony. Anthony you did beat me to the finish line, but she's not in the air yet...LOL

Tom this model has tons of plastic fairings as you know, and I used almost all of them with the exception of the two at the end of the fuse (PF2 and PF3). I chose not to use them and rather carve them from solid balsa to give memore gluing area to better hold the tail fin on. More photos can be found on page #19, Post #464. If you do choose to use the method I used then make sure to taper the ends a bit, it will allow for more left and right rudder deflection. I left mine flat and though I have ample rudder movement it would be a change that I would make if I were to build this model again. I left mine flat because initially I wasn't going to put the plastic covers on the left and right sides of the rudder. Without these pieces I had extreme rudder deflection, however, members of this thread (rightfully so) helped me realize it would look better with these covers intact.

The hinge pockets that I made for the ailerons were a bit tricky but gave me the movement that I was looking for. I didn't measure the angle as I went by eye, I will measure the angle later.
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