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Old 08-20-2004 | 12:57 PM
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Default RE: Errors in Seagull Spacewalker II manual

Aaah. Just remembered something else. On the wing servo installation we are told to attach a 12" servo extension before sliding the cable through the wing. Nowhere are we told that 2 x 12" extension cables are needed. And in fact, they AREN'T needed. The standard servo cable is long enough to go from the servo bay to the hole in the top center of the wing with serveral inches to spare. Now of course a bit more length would be needed to provide more freedom in placing the Rx but since the Spacewalker II uses a servo for each aileron, a Y-cable IS needed and this provides the needed extra reach. BTW, we are not informed of this fact and nowhere in the manual is that made clear that a Y-cable is needed. This will be confusing for someone doing their first two-servo set-up (luckily I had just done one on my "second plane").

It could be that some of there errors stem from differences in the Spacewalker I and it subsequently produced sibling II.