RE: Composite ARF 2m x 2m Extra build
I got back to work on the Extra this morning. I basically got the rudder installed but it's not finished yet.
First up was to install the rudder servo tray under the canopy. This is a pre-cut balsa/fiberglass laminate. There are 2 ribs that lock into the slots to make it VERY stiff. Then you add the lite-ply servo screw backing like in the fuselage and then the whole piece gets installed into the fuse. I basically tacked it all together using thin CA and then went back over it all with a thin fillet of Aeropoxy. Then I tacked it into the fuselage with slow CA being VERY careful not to distort the fuse at all. This plate needs to be at least 70mm off of the fuselage floor so the rudder cables don't hit the elevator servos.