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Posted by Yiangos Yiangou on May 5, 2011 at 3:09am

Electronics arrived today :)

Glued the back wing and shaped the foam for the rudder ( Is there any other way to mount the servo rather than gluing it to the foam?)

Installed the motor , which is a turnigy 35-42B 1250Kv, mount needs some hot glue

Then the ailerons , all servos are the 1800A

That's all for now , if u have any advice or comments please let me know:)

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Alex Funi May 6, 2011 at 4:19pm

Here you go:

The rudder servo horn is a bit low, and will probably get stripped eventually, but the elevator is way up out of the way of the ground.
Yiangos Yiangou May 6, 2011 at 1:04pm

would love to see some pictures of that :)
Alex Funi May 6, 2011 at 12:15pm

I flipped mine upside down and canted them at an angle so they are clear of the ground during landing. If I remember I will put up a photo later.
Yiangos Yiangou May 6, 2011 at 12:08am

I know about the polywood mounts :) I think that putting the servos on the foam is safer for landing. Hotglue did the job ;))
Jimmy P. May 5, 2011 at 5:46pm

I built mine like the instructions said.. just be careful with the spacing of the fiberglass disks - If they're not spaced right, the control rod will flex and you won't get enough movement in the control surfaces.
Alex Funi May 5, 2011 at 4:06pm

Mine came with mounts (for the tail boom) made out of a composite similar to that of the control horns.
Darren May 5, 2011 at 3:05pm

original packing instruction put the servos on the tail boom with lazer cut plywood mounts.

But havent decided if thats good or bad as of yet.
Jimmy P. May 5, 2011 at 2:31pm

"Is there any other way to mount the servo rather than gluing it to the foam?"

Since it's mounted in foam, hot glue is probably the best.

I have used pipe cleaners before, but you would end up tearing the foam in this case.

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