I am almost finished putting together my Tensor. I'm outfitting it with a Rimfire & 3 Cell Lipo.
I have heard that I should put CF bracing between the wings & the tail to reinforce the the fuse; so I plan to do that.
Does anyone else have any good suggestions for Mod'ing the Tensor to either improve CG, Flight Performance, overall durability?

Thanks

Take a look at Horizon's website. They have made a few mods to the Tensor. Such as how to make the linkage for the ailerons.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByC...ProdID=EFL2100

Look on the right hand side of this page and look under the Hints and Tips page.



Bevo

I fly mine completely stock, basically no mods. Flys awesome. But when you fly yours, remember to use throttle management especially with a hotter setup. At higher speeds, the tail starts to twist and bend, causing severe trim changes on mine. So be careful and remember it's a foamy and not a pylon racer.

On landings with the stock gear location you have to be careful about nosing over. I think in newer ones there is a sheet of paper with the manual that tells you where to put the LG so that it solves that problem.

Brandon

Thanks Bevo, That's certainly some good info on the linkage modification. I'm glad you pointed that out.
I think i'll just try cutting the horn down & glueing it flat within the aileron similar to the diagram depicts. (so the hole barely sticks out the back)

I did notice on the paper that comes with it that it tells where to put the LG rods, so hopefully that will help prevent the nose overs.

How did you guys set up your CG?

I scotch taped 1/8 in. bamboo across the front of the wing leading edges. Without them, if you drag a tip, the wing will snap at the strut. For the landing gear I glued the plastic stiffeners with the edge at the leading edge of the wing. I set the CG so that there is no trim change upright or inverted although everyone has they're own preference for that. Sweetheart to fly on a dead calm day

I just noticed this thread and I am flying a Tensor and it's my favorite. Only mods were the carbon fiber strips on each fuse side to strengthen the tail, it still twists in flight but is stronger. The aileron linkage is a trick I saw on another club members Tensor. Take some extra servo horns and cut them off and cut a proper sized slot in the wing trailing edge and insert the horn with it sticking out just enough to get the linkage connected. Keeps everything in line and works great.

It's the most fin flying thing ever...

Gene

Thanks everyone. I got it finished tonight.
I attached some pictures of the mod's I did.

1. Used Styrene to make horns for the Aileron Linkage. (Old servo horns would work to as Uniquewon suggested)
2. Added CF rods between SFG's & tail to stiffen the tail.
3. Added piece of wire to the tail so the rudder doesn't drag. (probably not necessary, but i was taxying around the basement & didn't want to file the rudder off.)

I'll check out my LHS for either CF rods or bamboo for the LE. It does sound like a good idea.
I'm wondering if they relocated the landing gear on the kit because it seemed fairly stable and didn't seem to want to nose over unless I really pushed it over. So, for now I left that stock.

BTW, I think the rimfire is going to work out nice. it was all I could do to hold onto it when testing the engine.

Thanks for all the help everyone!!

Tony

Tony:
The bamboo is a bamboo blind bought at a place like Walmart. Real cheap and a lifetime supply Rods are a little less than 1/8 in. dia. and 3 ft. long. Hope this helps.

I built mine stock, and I like how it flies. I was a bit tailheavy to start with and it climbed (alot) on knife edge (both ways).

Got that right and it flies very good.

My only complaint is that it is quite fragile. I can make a nice soft landing and yet something seems to crack or come loose. The foam is very brittle, especially in the cold. About every 3rd flight I end up repairing something.

the tensor is a baby to fly, if your noticing tail movement maybe youre flying it to fast it was built for indoors and slow speed plane, but we all dont have the luxury of a gym so here are some thoughts on the setups, bamboo = to heavy the best thing for this and all foamies is light as possible, if you desire a stiffer tail section try some kevlar thread, an easier way to pervent breakage is some scotch glossy tape on the leading edges, then lay it down good with a covering iron, the biggest thing to remember is this plane was not designes to be a tank it was designes for a competition and was being flown by a pro pilot, another factor is if your using the rim fire motor it spins less kv's than the suggested motor which does 1320 compared to 1000. this would require you to use a 3 cell perhaps, making the overall weight of your plane more, lighter not only for better flying but when you crash its simple physics you have less mass behind your crash developing less breaks

Actually it's lighter than the original. A matter of putting the weight where it's most needed. No carbon fibre struts, dental floss instead. When properly set up,pull up almost vertical, give it about 1/2 left aileron and will do rolling circles with no other input.