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Old 06-07-2010 | 11:56 AM
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Default RE: Sig Midstar - Mods


ORIGINAL: bigal126

I built one a year ago and it was damaged in a mid air crash. When I rebuilt it, the following mods were made and it flies much better now.
1. Take all the dihedral out of the wing
2. Put a servo in each wing
3. Enlarge the aileron chord by 1/2''
4. Make it a taildragger
5. Took one bay out in each wing
6. Enlarge the Rudder

The plane flies great stock, but if you are an experienced flyer then you'll want to make the mods suggested. Without the rudder mod, the plane could not sustain knife edge and taking the dihedral out toned down the roll coupling and pitch coupling substantially. It also rolls more axially now. It's fun to fly and still floats in for easy landings. The plane rolls fairly slowly. The larger ailerons helps a little. Keep it at about 6 lbs and use a good 46 2 stroke. It's a blast.
Thanks - that's exactly what I was thinking.