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Old 05-12-2008 | 01:04 AM
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Default RE: 50cc Sukhette Build Thread, now in progress!!

unless you have a way to synchronize the servos via either a matchbox or a Hitec Programmer I would shy away from using a Y on the control surfaces when you can Y in the 1 battery on any of the channels ( Y on the choke would be my preference on the gear channel ) but it's up to you . I was going to put in a choke servo but found it much easier to use an optical kill and use a piece of .048 piano wire to the choke lever with a hex lock type stopper like those used on RC cars for the throttle linkage at the very end just poking through a small hole in my baffle , works like a charm. I cant see the point in having a choke servo when you are right at the front of the engine anyway to start it . I am running a DL 50 so with the rear mounted carb the wire is almost a straight shot to the front of the cowl, side carb might be a tad harder to rig.

On a side note I got to the field today and the weather was absolutely great.... had my cowl off because I wanted one of the veteran flyers to tune my engine for me and set it properly and I forgot the cowl ! argggg , anyway got it all nice and tuned and got quite a few complements on it but had to sit there and look at it and feel absolutely disgusted with myself for 3 hours or so and be contented to fly my mini funtana electric a few times.

Question for Tom, are replacement cowls avail for the sukohi's and if so do you have a yellow one in stock and how much?. Don't know if you remember my story about my cowl ring popping off the first time I tightened down all the bolts, well I thought I had it fixed properly but it's misaligned a bit and it's extremely hard for me to get the canopy on ( It is so tight that it's started to tear the monokote on the front edge of the canopy ) so I would like to replace it with something a little user friendly to fellow flyers that are helping me on the flight line... remember I am in a wheelchair and I do require a little extra help once the wings are on and cant lift the plan across my lap ran into that Problem last week when I maidened the plane. was thinking about it today when I went to the van to look for my cowl only to remember that I had left it on the kitchen floor with my gas jug LOL