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Anyone have some good design ideas? I'll share a few I've been using:
- I use #6 1-1/4" drywall screws to mount the engine to the firewall. Fast, easy to change, and works great.
- I'm gluing my servos to two strips of foam board and cutting my servo holes extra large, then positioning my servos exactly where I need them at neutral for both the surface, but also for the right geometry with no subtrim.
- I'm building in some differential, so when I do 2 above, before I glue the servo mounting strips (the servo is already glued to two mounting strips, which I then glue to the wing), I make sure the servo arm is parallel with the trailing edge, then I remove the arm and move it one gear tooth closer to the trailing edge. This creates more up than down, and is totally repeatable. Then, and only then, do I glue the servos in. I can do this very quickly if I have to due to a crashed plane.
- I'm hot-gluing in a light-ply plate for the battery. This gives me something to run velcro strap under to maintain the battery. I lost one doing fast rolls on a vertical downline the other day.
- I'm putting the receiver on one side so it's out of the way of the battery. i't's just held with velcro.
- If you cut a little hole inboard and the servo whole outboard before you glue the wing halves together, you can pull a string through and route your servo wires internally with no external tape. Not sure it makes much of a difference, though.
Give us your ideas!!!
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