RCU Forums - View Single Post - Flaperons on an Avistar
View Single Post
Old 09-10-2004 | 09:57 PM
  #1  
-pkh-'s Avatar
-pkh-
Senior Member
My Feedback: (2)
 
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 3,354
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: Emmaus, PA
Default Flaperons on an Avistar

I'm getting my Avistar ARF tomorrow, and I'm considering trying to install two servos for the ailerons (one each), so I can use the flaperon mixing on my radio to get flaps as well.

Anyone else try this with the Avistar, or other similar trainer plane?

I think I can mount two, side-by-side (with servo arms point out, away from each other), without notching out anymore wing ribs, but then I may have to much of an angle on the control rods. I will have to make a new servo mount for them and cut out a larger section of the wing's bottom sheet to fit them. If I move the servos out to have the arms point inward (towards each other) and get the control rods perfectly straight again, that will require cutting out separate holes for each in the bottom wing sheet, and possibly notching out another wing rib (besides the root rib that is already notched).

Any comments, suggestions?

I thought about just building it as spec'd and screwing around with adding another servo later, but then I figured it would be much easier to build it this way from the start, and not have to break off the epoxied single servo mount later...