making servo bays
 

Hello all. Just picked up my first kit. It is a CG Super Chipmunk. Should be a good plane after my 4 * 60. I am going to use individual servos for the ailerons. Is there some good how to articles with photos that could point a first timer in the right direction? Any help would be appreciated. Now I have to plow the driveway.[:@]:(

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Here's how I did them on my Four Star 40. I did them the lazy way, leaving the servos exposed. Most folks turn the servo on it's side and mount it to a removable plywood plate.

Good luck

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You just showed the simple easy way for sure. ;)
For a first timer I would go this way too. Also you should consider using shrink tube or other method to keep the servo wires connected to the Y harness or extension wires. You can buy some connector boxes that keep them togeather but they seem to be a little bulky to snake thru the rib holes after the wing is covered. I usually use shrink tube.

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Why not copy how it's done in the 4*60?

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I don't like the heat required to shring the tubing. Sometimes the wire covering will also shrink and pull out of the crimped ends.

I use a very small cable tie and put it between two wires and tie the two housings together. Make sure the ratchet end is not in the center, but on one end so it doesn't get caught pulling through the ribs. Another think I've done also is to wax up a length of Carpet thread and tie the cable ends together, using the same wrap lengthwise to the plugs.

Other than when you pull the servo wires through, you dont need the retainer. I fly with a short set of aileron leads from the receiver, and then the extended leads from the servos, if need and just plug them together each day when I assemble for flying that day. I've never had a lead pop loose.

Don

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... and for some really nice ideas, see the pictures in this thread [[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8495429]link[/link]]

See posts 76 and 77.

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Black electrical tape around the fittings. It's light, doesn't add any size the the plugs, easy to take apart for repairs. Oh yea, it's cheap too.

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I just reread your post. Is the chippy your first kit? Or did I read it wrong? If you're planning to build a"Chippy" for your first build" it might be a little much. Try, maybe a Super Sportster, or even another 4* or something like that. The Chipmonk flys a LOT different than your 4*. It comes in MUCH hotter & won't "float" like the 4* I've built all 3 of those kits & I'd rate them, (easy to harder) 4*, SS., & chipmonk. Also, (IMO) the Chippy should have more horsepower. ( If you have a "60"size, put a "75" in it.) I built the Chippy "60" & put a "75" in it & it flies great.
Good Luck

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How about a this could only happen to me?:eek: I like the shrink tube idea but one time I got a bit too close and kept my gun on the shrink wrap a bit too long and melted the plastic ends of both the servo and the extension. [X(] Only done that once but it was a lesson learned. I had hopes this morning when I saw this post that Ken mite post up some of those great drawings of four or five different ways to install wing servos. I have seen different ways shown in magazines but never in any how too books? I really do like the way they do them in the 4*60!!

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Instead of shrink tubing, why not use a drop of medium CyA and kicker?

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Yeah, that's what I would consider the 'right' way to do them. Minnflyer has some drawings, but these are exactly what they should look like. Nice work.