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Old 08-26-2007 | 12:16 PM
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vmsguy
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Default Mounting a servo on its side.

I have need to mount a servo on its side.

My nephew built a PT-20. Flew it once, crashed it, and gave up on the RC airplane hobby.

I have the plane now. It wasn't in too bad of shape. The wings broke apart right at the center glue joint, and there was fuse damage. But I'm on the way towards fixing it.

He built the plane without ailerons. I wish to put them in. But the wings are pretty thin, too thin to put a standard servo in vertically.

So I have an idea. I'll mount a standard servo in the center section of the wing. It will be mounted on its side and cross-wise. (The servo arm will then move along the axis of the wing.) Then I'll run control rods out through the wings, to bell cranks. Then from there out through the bottom of the wings to the aileron.

But I need some examples/pictures of mounting a servo on its side.

Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks,

Lyndon