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Old 12-19-2007 | 04:58 AM
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Default RE: Dragon Lady is a keeper!

Salty, adding the seperate servo for each wing panel is a super easy modification.

Buy a 12" long piece of brass tubing that has an inside diameter large enough to let you thread your servo connector through. Before joining the wings, sharpen the inside of the brass tubing on one end with a file or a Moto type tool with a grinding stone. Then place the sharpened end of the brass tubing against the inside root of the wing panel that you are working on and twist it back and forth while pushing in the direction where you will mount your servo. I've also serrated the cutting edge of the sharpened end with a small triangle file, then resharpened the inside edge. You can even use a propane torch to heat up the sharpened end of the brass tube to make cutting out the servo lead tunnel easier. It works very, very well. Just be sure to put your servo cavity in the thickest part of the airfoil and allow room for the joining spar. It is really a lot easier to do than to describe.

This will provide you with much better aileron control than is ever provided by aileron torque tubes. It also permits you to use the flaperon function on your computer radio. Oh, if planning to do the latter, double the chord (front to back) dimension of the new ailerons that you will need to make.

Good luck.


Ed Cregger