RE: Sig Fazer with SFG
Eric,
If you have a Fazer not being used, this is the fix. The newer profile planes came out with a much larger fuse. It is not possible to add one to the Fazer, so this is the next best step, and looks cool.
I cut out the covering outside the rib the aileron servo is attached to, and made a template of the ribs contour adding 3" in height.
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I made the SGF out of two pcs of 1/16 glued together cross-grain. With the lightening holes, they only added 2 oz.
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I covered the SFG's, then epoxied them on
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I then added what I am calling a rib cap former to be able to have a rib cap extend into the bay. Therefore I can cover the bay.
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I actually recovered the bay using the original material.
I would not add the extra fuse area that I added until you think you needed it.
If you add area to the rudder, put it on the pack side, not top.
The knife edge has slowed down quite a bit, but there is roll coupling.
I have been doing knife edge loops, but battling rolling or tucking. I think its because of extra fuse area on top side of fuse and extra rudder on top of the rudder. Those areas need to be equal above and below the center line.
BIG improvement though. Perhaps the SGF’s did not have to be as big. I may experiment with adding wingtip winglets, a bit smaller than the SGF’s.