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Old 12-27-2009 | 04:51 PM
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Default RE: Weird glitch.


ORIGINAL: jaka

Hi!
When looking at your picture I see something that you must fix if you want to keep your plane .
The servos cannot be screwed to balsa longerons!!!!
Instead use 3mm plywood and a router bit in a Dremel to make more sturdy servo trays.These 3mm plywood plates is then glued to triangular balsa stock and then glued to the fuselage sides.
Never ever ever just glue a longeron directly to the fuselage wall. The end grain in the longeron will not provide enough surface area to hold the servos in place when the fuselage sides move under load, and also...balsa is to soft to hold the servo screws in place.

Never ever use metal to metal clevises.

Check your servo potentiometer!
If youll look close I have added extra bracing fore and aft. Also when I drilled the servo mounting holes I used thin CA to strengthen the holes and the surrounding area. When I cut those servo rails I made sure they were slightly long and actually push the fuselage sides outward just a tad. Even if the glue joints were to fail, those rails will not move due to the square within a square thing which is hard to explain with my limited typing skills. lol

Something to note on your servo mounting. I belive you may have the mounting screws over tightened and squishing those rubber grommets too much and after looking at my pic, I might be too!

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