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Old 04-15-2003 | 11:49 AM
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Default The "Gyrator"

Thanks Rick. My bruised ego needs all the help it can get!

After further consideration, I've decided to change the rudder, elevator and throttle servos from the .35 oz. to the .19 oz. ones plus reduce the battery size to a 120 mah NiMh. I have a 4 channel homebuilt "Pizza Box Flyer" type plane that uses all 4 servos constantly during hover. I just have to monitor the voltage and field charge after 1 or 2 flights. Every tenth of an ounce I can find will be slashed! No need to lug around more battery than I need to get a successful flight.

The other thing I was thinking about was removing the ply neg. incidence shims from under the rotor blades. Early tests with the delta hinged rotor head and my shop box fan proved that it would go into autorotation without them. Maybe removing them will give a little more lift??