ORIGINAL: Firebird XL
Forgive me if I'm mistaken...but most of the EDF jets sold on nitroplanes.com are 4 Channel, and they all state that the channels are for Throttle, Elevator, Aileron, and Rudder. If that is the case, then why do none of the planes (Except for a couple ive seen) why do these planes advertise to have rudder control? There are clearly no servos hooked up to the rudder, and I've seen from the videos that the rudder is immobile. I know youre probably gonna say "well the rudder channel is hooked up to the steerable nose landing gear" well that may be true but then why say there is rudder control?
These are small EDF Jets.
Adding an additional rudder linkage is a bit problematic, and normally not necessary, as you'll rarely be using actual tail plane rudder controls anyway.
The Rudder channel controls the nose wheel, something that is important at takeoff.
If you are worried about a crosswind, you should not really fly the jet at all, as the wind is probably too much for these planes. They really should be flown in under 6mph winds.
Of course if you are bit skillful, you could hook up your own tail linkage, but it simply is not worth the effort.