RE: EXPERIENCED RC PILOT FLYING -TIPS
hi i have been using the following set up in all my 40-120 size glo planes on the controls i use the sullivan red plastic sleeve-with a 2/56 metal rod inside it -i slip very small pieces of nyrod -1/16 of an inch about every 2 inches on the metal rod -two things happen-any play in the metalk rod and plastic sleeve is gone -and very little binding or friction from that set up -very direct -no flex and direct feel i never use the kit supplied clevises-i use only the HATES clevises on my control surfaces-(with fuel tubing - locks over them ) -i use EZ's on the servo end -only with the nylon (not the metal hold downs )- supplied with them- please remember i started to fly RC when there were no ARF's and no computer radios -so all adjustments to controls were done mechanically-the best builders i knew used them -and i have said " if i ever see one fail -i will never use them again "-i still do and that was 24 years ago- enough said you must always - in some way secure the control rods near -or at the middle of the inside of the fuse -or the flex that happens there will greatly reduce the direct force you want to be applied to the control surfaces-( elevator and rudder ) the control rod should also be as straight as possible between the servo and the control surface horn -so you are appling a direct force with no possible flex of the control rod-this will give you the control movement you need -to have the feeling the plane is directly attached to the end of that stick you are holding in your hand (TX)-the feeling the plane is flying on rails is what follows with this set up