ORIGINAL: Barry Cazier

Nickolas...That is some servo arm. It will be plenty long. I didn't cross the wires on my pull/pull. I ran mine parallel. The work fine. I used the standard double side HiTec servo arm that comes with the servos. I think I have close to rated throws. But, I just went flying today during the lunch hour. I was doing some low high alpha knife edges the full length of our runway with a pull to vertical on each of the turn arounds. I only use the low rates (50%) and find that is plenty of throw. If you want to do a tight KE loop you just turn it to high rates. The standard servo arms give plenty of throws. I'm not using the SFGs today. When I use them, it takes even less throw.

This is really a fun plane to fly. But, maybe because I noticed it, there is a funny "glitz" where the elevator losses all authority. It's starting to bug me now that I've noticed it. Today I did a down wind take off (10 MPH wind) and it lifts off just fine but suddenly loses all lift and falls back to earth and then bounces up and flys. Wierd. You can notice it most on the into the wind to downwind turn. There is a spot there where the plane loses its lift. If this happens at just the wrong time: Bye, Bye.

Anyways had a great time with this plane today. Our weather is in the mid 60s. Great temp to fly. Engines really perform well.

Thanks
Barry