He, he... next one!

I had to go back to the drawing board a bit with the radio install as the final servos I decided to use all around - HXT900's ($5! [:-]) - have the tabs mounted lower on the case and so end up extending higher off the tray. It's almost done though.

I lowered the fuse servos by mounting them from the underside of the tray with the rudder servo offset from the tray and the control horn just protruding from the top of the tray. I also had to switch the orientation of the elevator servo as it extended into the aileron linkage. It's now mounted flush from underneath vertically. I checked the displacement of the arrow shaft elevator pushrod and it doesn't appear to be producing any measurable (by eye at least...) differential due to the arm rotation. We'll see...

I went to the trouble of retrofitting the elevators for 4-40 bolts and eyelets with ball links. More work than 1/2A control horns but it will look cleaner. The ball links should help keep the pushrod bind free on the anhedral stab. Now I just need a couple more ball links, some P-P line and a small brass tube to lock the P-P lines. I should have some update pics soon.

The lipo's are in! Maiden should be some time before month's close!

David.