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Old 10-09-2006 | 03:30 PM
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Default RE: Fliton Edge 540 Conversion

Fliton includes some great looking hardware with this kit. The control horns are red anodized aluminum. They secure to the control surface using provided screws. It is very important that the screw holes be wicked with thin CA before mounting. Although the mounting surface is ply, I dont trust it unless the wood is hardened a bit. I did find that the control horns will bend if too much lateral force is applied. From a push pull perspective, this isnt an issue, but be careful when installing them as I found myself bending them by accident.

The JR sport 48mn's are a little bit smaller than standard servos. I have never used them before, but there are a few that have good experiences with them in 40 size planes. Due to the smaller size, it is necessary to fill in the gap to give the servo somewhere to attach. I took some scrap lite ply and created a secondary plate for the servos ears to attach too. This also allowed the mini servo to sit up a bit higher and offered better alignment to the control horn.


The Rudder Servo is mounted in the rear bottom of the fuse. The JR sport 125 is a standard servo, so no alterations were needed. Two aluminum control horns are used for the rudder. It is set up as a pull pull, however using control rods instead of cable. It works very well and plenty of throw is acheived.

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