Hi,

Have any of you guys made any mods to stop the fuselage/tails twisting wildly on your Shockys??

Was thinking of making some depron triangular formers to go between the fuselage 'side' and the fuselage 'top' between the tail and the wing??

Rgds,
Mark

I took, some spare carbon rods from a crashed shock and cut them to about 2 inches. I glued them on either side of the vertical stab the to the horiz.. stab. This seemed to help the twist in the tail. Also, I took a longer rod and glued it across the elevator. It really did help. The model has tons more control.

Twisting "Wildly?" Did you install the supplied balsa tri stock pieces on the tail all the way down the way the directions show? I glued mine in with thin foam safe CA, and it's very sturdy, and light. I did bevel a little past 90 degrees (obtuse angle) so mostly the corners touch the foam and the CA wicks in place better.

My tail feathers were twisting a bit during flight. I noticed theat i didnt get a good bond between the foam and the tri stock. As the glue provided is a contact cement all I had to do was apply some extra pressure to the tri stock and the problem was solved. I use problem for lack of a better word, although the tail twisting is a little disturbing looking when you are flying.

Wind can you post a photo of your tail mod.

Whack

Object Oriented programming ... so you dont have to <<endl,

My mods are not visible after assembly.

Mentally picture the cross section of a piece of tri stock. It's got two 45 degree angles, and a 90 degree angle.

I just put the piece of tri stock on the edge of my bench, and sanded the 90 degree angle edge so it's more like 110 degrees, which makes the other angles about 35 degree each.

This way the tri stock sits down against the foam in the corner much better, and only touches at a thin point along the whole edge. Thin (foam safe, odorless) CA is a logical glue choice here, as it wicks better now that I have an "intimate" contact surface, and very little glue is needed to get a strong bond. I don't want this bond to be flexible, so I didn't use UHU glue, and I wanted to press it in place with the ability to get it adjusted straight, so I didn't use a contact cement sort of bond. Just thin CA and some kicier to get it to set right away while I held it in place at a few points.