ORIGINAL: Bax
That's right. Four servos for fixed gear, five servos with retracts (when used).
Hi Bax,
I see that you have recommended a Metal Gear Servo with the S3102. I'm uncertain what the "weak link" is in a servo that is subject to cyclic shock, as I suspect would be the case with a nose wheel. But I think that the simplest/cheapest/lightest way to mitigate a failure would be to use a Metal Gear Servo. I think I'll get one.
My primary reason for using seperate aileron servos was not for torque purposes, but to allow for programming differential into this bird if need be. Secondarily was the use of shorter pushrods to reduce any potential flex.
Ray,
I wish you'd let me know earlier about the ProLine servos. I could have saved a couple of bucks .............
Doug