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Old 03-10-2005 | 11:10 PM
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Yes that is about what I did. The hinge points are out in the air flow like the flaps on a Grumman Wildcat as is the horn. Not sure how the real flaps work but I have had success with this method. When the flaps are fully deployed the hinge is almost straight. Since this is an ARF I just did the servos like the ailerons. It was a quick and dirty job as I had pulled the retracts out while landing and now the bottom shows repairs. They work really well on the two flights I have tried. A G26 is way to much motor for me on this plane and I would guess you will really need flaps. Mine is 11 pounds or so and really likes to float, I had to idle before final and had a long approach-not now. I kept the tail as light as possible, used carbon rods and put everything as far forward as possible. Just a little lead (1 oz) in the front. I can do decent vertical and big loops with a OS108. Flying at 1/2 throttle looks about scale. At about 1/6 scale max speed should be about 65 mph? Anyway it grooves well. If I had time I would get rid of that poor paint and glass the wing.

Carl