Hello Gurus
Hoping you can help me out here. I've done a preliminary search but able to find answers to all my issues so here goes....
Santa has arrived late, in the form of my fantastic wife, who yesterday revealed a brand new Super Stunts 60 with engine and radio. (I knew I married her for a reason.)
My basic question is: How do I set this model up? It's a bit more complicated than that so I'll break it down.
a) Rudder and nose landing gear
I don't want to convert this to a tail dragger but I don't want to connect the nose gear to the same servo as the rudder (because I don't like the control rod setup...too much angle and run on the nose gear rod). Therefore, I was going to use a separate (smaller) servo for the nose landing gear and somehow 'link' this servo to the rudder. How is this best accomplished, keeping the following in mind?
b) Aileron and flaps
Can someone recommend the most versatile setup for this? I was thinking of somehow 'linking' the flap servos to the aileron somehow so that during 'normal' flight I could select the flaps to act in concert with the ailerons. ie. full wing span ailerons. I also thought that I could then 'flip a switch' and have only the outer surfaces to act as ailerons and the inner ones revert to flap function only. Am I dreaming? Perhaps there's enough aileron there without doing this? Perhaps there is a better setup thank the one I conconcted here?
c) Flap control throws
Any recommended throw measurements? Not mentioned in the instructions.
I would appreciate any feedback. I've read about "Y' connectors and servo reversers....all new to me...except the use of Y connectors for linking 2 normal aileron actions. If I sound like a numpty, it's because all of my previous modelling has been perfomed with a basic 4 channel radio. Reeeal basic. I've never used a computer radio before. Which brings me to the next question.
d) Radio
Wifey got me a JR PCM 9X. I don't know much about it but it
looks like it's up to the task. More switches and buttons than 747 flight deck it seems.
Manual is in Japanese but I like a challenge.
I would really appreciate the help. Many thanks to you all.
Tamey