Twinman, you are killing me! I started this project thinking it would be a "no-brainer" build and now I find myself sitting in the office daydreaming of various control linkage options for twin rudders! And the engineering diploma on my wall is only making it worse- lets see, can I calculate the amount of deflection that a control rod oriented cross-wise from the airflow would have at say, 60 MPH and how much would that alter the relative rudder position...

Seriously, if I can come up with a control linkage option that makes me happy I may give it a shot. Minimizing the slop introduced by all the connectors that would be required is a factor. I also don't want to have highly visible control rods and bellcranks. And the rudders would need to have equal deflection as they are moved back and forth. I'll fire up Autocad this weekend and start drawing up some concepts.

Bill, are you saying that the 4" dihedral called for in the plans is the correct amount for this plane to have neutral handling? If I want to practice aerobatics I'll fly my Extra or Nobler, and if I want to go nuts I'll put up the Pizazz. But that doesn't mean that I want this plane to fly like a trainer!

Like I said, progress this week is slow due to work hours (and sooner or later I will need to find some time for Christmas shopping), but I will be back at the building board this weekend and will post updated pics.

Walt