ORIGINAL: Phlip
Yeah, CP, I'm running long torque rods. I think I picked the right gage {0.047!QUOT! or 3/64!QUOT!} as a compromise between being too heavy and being too twisty. I guess I'll see. My HOB .25 size PT-19 has pretty long torque rods that work quite well. Of course it's a bigger plane ...
Hi Phlip, Nice work! My only concern with the torque rods would be possible flutter. I used .020 on a smaller but similar configuration (.010, 19 in WS) plane and had to tear it apart and go with .032 because of flutter. Couldn't figure out any reasonable way to add a counterweight, etc. But .047 sounds like it should be OK, depending on airspeed. That was my downfall, the darn thing was WAY faster than I had figured. No problem straight and level but in a dive, there it was. I have no experience with the truly fast planes that CP, Matchless and others fly. Guys, how do you deal with the flutter problem?
Al Lenz