RE: Free Flight Pitch Stability?
Not really the forum for this discussion Balsacutter, but in short;
1, Satellite 1000, series 75 plan.
2, TT .40 with r/c carb and muffler on radial mount shifted 1/2" forward of the plan firewall position.
3, 2oz tank behind engine mount, inside fairing behind the mount, this is now a sheeted 'tube' around the fuselage box instead of the block shown on the plan.
4, Three JR mini digital servos in line inside fuselage behind tank, the rear two operating the rudder and elevator, forward one operating throttle/shutoff. All through standard nyrod type pushrods.
5, Fin moved back far enough to allow hinge line rudder to be aft of tailplane trailing edge. (easy linkage)
6, Elevators around 10% of tailplane on T/E either side of fuselage (Big tail - 45% of wing!) Tailplane section modified with a bit of 'Phillips entry'.
7, Fin and tailplane permanently fixed to fuselage, tailplane at -2deg to wing.
8, L/E of wing sheeted back to mainspar, top and bottom, centre dihedral braces doubled in length and thickness. (Cos of the elevators!)
9, Battery and JR610 RX in pylon under the wing, servo leads led through from fuselage to pylon.
10, Cover with transparent film, looks real cool!
Evan, WB #12.