Dirty Birdy build...

This post is to provide an additonal perspective on building the Dirty Birdy. The techniques have been stolen, copied or adopted by me from many of you and in no way do I take credit for their origination.

Just as an earlier post described, my rear fuselage former was too short so I added a filler piece. The hole was cut with forstner bit.

The elevator pushrod is mounted to the rear, the rudder servo is elevated with 1/4" light plywood and will use cable for actuation. The elevator pushrod uses an MK item which puts the elevator pushrods on the outside of the fuse with very short rods driven by an arrow shaft. It is very tight, remains tight over time, requires no maintenance. Some builders have changed the drive pushrod to cables by fabricating a new horn.

The model will be powered by an OS .61 to meet the SPA rules by keeping the retracts down. The photo shows a white shim added to the left nylon engine mount for "right" thrust. The tank plumbing detail was executed prior to gluing the various top blocks in place. The Rossi .61 is shown with the Scott Anderson "Deception" canopy and the stock plastic canopy...it would be pretty cool...?

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