Ive got about a half a dozen flights on my V tail Bonanza now and she's quite a decent performer.Mine weighs in at 15lbs fully loaded with options (I pulled the tail and beacon lights cause a dont use them).Thats with half a pound of weight on the nose retract mount.
However on my last flight my on a fast flyby my left ruddervator got into a wicked flutter.It shook so bad it loosened the left stabilizer.I immediatly reduced power and dropped the gear as I got into a landing patteren.
The landing went smoothly with no problems.Checking the left stabilizer there was about 1/2 an inch of movement up and down.Basically the Ultracote Supreme was holding it on the fuse and not much else.Whew that was a close one.
The way these ruddervators are setup leaves a lot to be desired because the are not ridgid leaving about1/4" of play on either side.The setup is similar to a strip aileron setup.I think my problem maybe because a have my connector set up for maximum throw( its turned all the way in on the angled metal rod connector)thus allowing the play to occur.
Any ideas on this?The pushrods are the standard T/F type metal rod in a tube type. They are driven by two High Tech standard BB servos....
Another thing I'm going to do is fly a little slower I guess.She really can get rippen with a OS120 III surpass..