What are you guys using to measure the amount of travel of your control surfaces? thanks.

michael

I just use a ruler

Yeah a ruler is really easy. Just hold it and move the control surface back and forth with the Radio. Look at the endpoints of the surface (looking down for the rudder, looking from the side with elev and ailerons). Make sure the ruler edge is in line with these endpoints and hold the ruler fixed while you keep moving the control surface. Your measurements couldn't be more accurate with this method.

If you really wanted to be a nerd, use one of those soldering jigs (helping hands) from Radio Shack and clamp the ruler in it. Position it so that the ruler lines up with the endpoints and measure away.

Joe

ALL YOU CAN GET...THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME !!!

A deflection meter works great. Central hobbies sells one for about $25.00

I just hold a protractor up to the side of the surface. Measuring in degrees, is the way to go. When inches (or cm) are used, the size of the surface has an impact on what is actually going on.

Central has them as does Don's Hobbies.

As for personal taste, after the first filght or two, I toss the measuring devices away. I adjust the throw based on how I like the plane to fly. I end up with a low rate that is fairly aggressive, but still stable enough (no elevator snaps or the like). High rate is all I can get.

Here are the two meters I use and like...
[link=http://www.centralhobbies.com/Tools/tools.html]CRC Meter[/link]
[link=http://www.hppilots.com/gpage.html]hpmeter[/link]