Well I made the mistake of stopping by the lhs - somehow a big Taylor Craft box followed me into the back of the Jeep.

I've been doing a lot of research on a plane to hang my YS140 on. The Hanger 9 Taylor Craft won for a variety of reasons, but mostly because I a huge civilian type plane junkie.

I've never had a plane this large - and I've been reading all kinds of stuff about servos both here and on Dave Brown's site.

In addition - the manual makes no mention of running anything but standard servos.

What is the concensus here? Should I pop for some high torque bb servos in the 70oz range for the ailerons? Maybe a 100oz for the rudder pull pull and two 70oz for each elevator half?

I'd love to hear from you 1/4 type flyers.

Thanks,

Jeff

You could run something like Hitec 605bb and should be just fine. I am currently running them on a 1/4 GP Giles and a 27% Midwest Super Stinker. Although I am running a 100+ oz on the Stinker Rudder. Just my .02 worth.

Well, asking how much servo you need for a plane is like asking how much horsepower you need in a car. People's expectations and comfort levels are all different. Some putt along in 3cylinder Geo Metro just fine. OThers aren't even satisfied with a supercharged V10. It all depends on your expectations.

I am sure H9's recommendations are the minimum and will fly the T-craft in just fine in a scale manner. Afterall, this is a scale model, isn't it?

OTOH, this is also an aerobatic scale aircraft of sorts, so if you intend to wring it out in the sky with a big***** motor, then stronger servos are definitely a requirement.

Thanks,

I was basically seeking the advice of the other big plane flyers.

I plan on flying the plane in a more scale like manner than not. However I do want to enjoy it's aerobatic capabilities.

Jeff

Measure your surfacaces and multipoly by 1.5-2.0 and that is the torque that you need ( oz ).

2.0 for high perf. and aerobatic
1.5 for scale and sport.

hope this helps.


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