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Old 07-11-2019, 07:15 AM
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BatteryBob
 
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I added Merlyn locks (2) with topside access. I'll hide this under some type of not so scale looking hatch, but it will be more convenient. I did the same thing on my VQ and I liked the result. Trailing edge caps were added.

In the past, I didn't really like taking off the flaps because they were so hard to get back on. It never occurred to me that sharpening the wire pin would make threading so much more easy. I saw Sam's note on doing this to locate the points to drill on the elevator hinge, but didn't connect that with all of the pins in general. Big difference.

I'm still struggling on the servo connections. I think I have the aileron connections figured out. Even following what Spitzed had shown was not real easy. It was partly the reason I changed out the control horns. The flap servos are my lastest challenge. I will need to get different hardware. There is not a lot of wiggle room inside the servo bays.

Adding the trailing edge cap to the center section