Byron,
You gotta' build to what you're comfortable with.
I always build with short linkages (save the rudder pull/pull when no room in the tail).
For me it's ease of PM, no slop developing in excess linkages, no bending of rods or breaking of supports.
I compensate by building the fuse with an added inch up front (why I like building wooden fuses).
My planes are strictly sport scale and I build them to please me and my flying skills.
I'm also flying a warbird and not a flip flop. I think heavy warbirds fly more scale: less likely to be affected by the wind (and there's always a cross wind at the field!), more mass means more realistically slow turns and when they land, they don't float back up into the air.
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tail feathers (cont)
Holes drilled into the crutch and the elevator/rudder/nav light wires routed from the back of the fuse to the TE of the wing.
Connectors installed and the moving surfaces checked before gluing down the horizontal stab as it'll be difficult to do any PM back there once the stab is glued in place (another reason for servos close to the moving surfaces).
I double checked the alignment of the stab and used epoxy with micro balls to secure the stab to the fuse.
no pictures as this web site keeps locking up when I try to post pictures (had to type this 3 times now, a save didn't save either)
ps: I managed posting a few pictures and then locked up on me again.
try one more time (before it was very slow)
Built a 6''X10" tray for receiver, gear/doors, bomb bay doors and brakes.
Stab epoxied to fuse.
