ORIGINAL: marktur
OPJose - I setup Pull-pull on the rudder. When the gear retracts, they go slack, when the gear extends, I have enough tension on the steeing assembly so that it feels great.
Also - I didn't feel comfy having 3 servos on one channel, so I put the steering on Aux2 (disabled the switch) and have it set to mix at 65% with the rudder. It's active all the time, but of course when retracted, there's not enough tension on the lines to try and move anything. Terry posted pix a few pages back...I had to dremel a bit to allow for the actual steering arms to lay down, and I shortened them to only the first hole. (You don't need much throw).
See the pix on Page 99. THANKS TERRY!
Re: Retracts.
I was not comfortable doing as the picture shows on mine, which is why I asked.
There is too much wood removed from the anchor block IMHO.
Instead I moved the control horn further Down ( or up when the plane is inverted ) the gear, so that it folds in past the firewall. Of course this required a cut in the fiberglass to accept the horn when the gear retracts.
Re: 3 Servos on one channel.
Since the servos merely receive a signal the limit to the quantity is more of signal degredation as you extend the line.
There should otherwise be no problems putting in three or more servos on one channel, as they do not draw power from the RX, rather they draw directly from the battery.
I have several biplanes with have four servos hooked up to the one aileron channel. This is pretty standard.
However now that you have the stearing on one servo, consider setting up the radio to disable attempts to move the stearing linkages when the gear is up.
I did this with my JR radio's mixing functions.
It means that I have one less servo consuming power when the plane is in flight.