ORIGINAL: Lumpy n bumpy
da rock... You seem a little put off by my reference to the "aileron differential thing" and I appologize for that if you took offence to my wording. What was intended by my comment to dgrant was to say that if the plane is built according to GP's instructions, it will still fly just fine. Maybe not perfect but nevertheless, just fine ! You're absolutely correct when you state that I (or anyone) who hasn't seen the alternative has no idea if the alternative works however, I never said anything about it not working as you seem to think I did. In fact, when I read about it (the aileron linkage mods) in this thread, I was quite intrigued, interested and very impressed ! Let's face it, the Skybolt is not a high-end, high-performance aircraft but I would suggest that most that own it do a lot of casual flying with some simple aerobatics and would be more than happy with it just the way it is. The problem with forums is that there much like e-mail... People get 'bent out of shape' when they read other's comments without stopping to think about what is being said. They're too quick to judge and fire-off a 'snot-a-gram' when they're a little offended for no good reason. Enjoy your aileron differential !
Not put off at all. That's why I kidded about "This is war".
Lots of people see what they see, no matter what is said. Same with an airplane in the air, only in that case, some don't see. And that's especially kewl if it wouldn't matter to 'em anyway....... see?
But I would like to try to make it clear once again that the "aileron differential" isn't mine. The OEM rigging gives 3 different deflections every time the 4 ailerons move. And they don't actually give the deflection that is usually rigged on purpose to help some models bank-turn that everyone calls "aileron differential". I'm basically trying to make sure everyone understands that this isn't about the "aileron differential" everyone talks about. And that the OEM doesn't give that aileron differential, and that my suggested rigging removes any differential so the airplane will actually see all 4 ailerons move the same amount.
You intended in your comment to dgrant exactly what a number of us have said a couple of times over about the OEM rigging. The Skybolt flies great for many, many people with that OEM rigging. And most flyers won't see the difference.