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Old 06-27-2017 | 01:27 PM
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To preface, I am working on a 1/9 scale AD Rafale.
What options are there for a linear servo to be used on ailerons?
I think the Figerilli have a 2 second transit, so would be a little slow, and not sure they would act proportionately. EMS- Jomar has a conversion for adapting a standard Futaba servo. I ordered a set 5 weeks ago and can get no response from the company, so I am now looking for alternatives. As a last resort I can use a thin wing servo, but I didn't want to cut the wing up further. The servo mounts in a fairly thin ( skinny) fairing and does not have room for much of a servo arm, hence the search for a linear solution.
I have spent a deal of time searching, and have only found these two options.
Does any one have any suggestions, aside from 'torching' the project?

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Mount a appropriately powerful servo in the wing root, then use a torque tube down the length of the wing, mount an arm on the end of the torque tube, then a pushrod from that to the aileron.
Take a look a Servo City for ideas
https://www.servocity.com/servos/ser...ments/couplers
https://www.servocity.com/servos/ser...chments/shafts
Old 06-27-2017 | 01:49 PM
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I would NEVER EVER trust an actuator to be used on ailerons and the manufacturer has not designed the plane around that. Actuators are way too slow! Go with a "thin wing" servo instead, even if you have to enlarge the opening slightly. There are plenty of servos out there that are small but have sufficient torque, but these are not cheap. Check out the MKS DS6125 Mini or the MKS HBL6625mini for example.

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Thank you Kevin, however the wing is already built and primed, so torque tubes are not an option at this point. RDS will not work for the same reason ( I have used this system in other aircraft, but not in a finished wing ). I don't want to cut the wing up further.
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