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Old 10-09-2007 | 05:06 PM
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da Rock
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Default RE: Super Skybolt ARF


ORIGINAL: trixer

2 Aileron servos, futaba 9202 servo's(6 volt pack), and no, there isn't a shred of stock hardware on the thing. Wait I lied, the control horns themselves(cut off and hardened so they are stiff as a rock) are on there for the aileron interlinks, but the control horns for the ailerons and what not are dubro HD stuff). I also used ball links and stiffer rod for the connections.

I'm confused as to what you mean by equalizing? I set mine up like this, I set up the bottom wing ailerons to match side to side and up to down perfectly. I used my angle pro to match them to within a 10th of a degree, and the neutral is the exact same also.

I then attached the upper ailerons, and matched them to the bottom. The left one set up perfect, I struggled a little with control horn placement to match the right side, it was throwing a tenth of a degree more up then down originally, moved it around and got it matched up nicely now.

The only reason this sparked an interest from me, is if I can change something to make the ailerons more efficient, I would really like to know what that is . I spend a lot of time trying to make my planes the best they can be, and would like to know what the setup secret is to make your ailerons twice as effective .

Couldn't it just be I had less throw in my ailerons which required a higher percentage to mix out the coupling? I use a 7C, and am not sure if its mix percentage is off of total throw or just what d/r you are on....... something to think about at least.

Hey, I been having fun with this, so don't get worried. Opjose and I have smoked over this deal a couple of times. And it's not a simple thing to explain. The situation arose with another biplane that coupled the ailerons. And the coupling design actually has a flaw that appeared to be more theoretical than real. Of course, we really don't have many (if any) ways to test rigorously any of our aerodynamic deals. But what it's about is the rigging done to connect two ailerons on one side of a biplane.

Did you build your connections between the lower and upper ailerons with horns top and bottom. With the top aileron horn on the underside of the aileron pointing down, and the lower aileron horn on the top of the aileron pointing up. Just like the plans show?