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- From: dave@bclwn.wn.bcl.co.nz (Dave Green)
- Subject: Re: neat helicopter modification
- Organization: Business Computers Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:30:31 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.013031.13923@bclwn.wn.bcl.co.nz>
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- miked@syscon.rn.com (Mike DeMetz) writes:
- : Bob Sims is the guy who mounted the servo at the tail. He had to hang
- : his pipe out the front to counterbalance it. Putting it under the horiz
- : fin puts in the thre tail boom strike zone. Many are mounting the servo
- : on the boom just behind the frames. Dwight Schilling reports this works
- : as well as the tail mounted unit.
- :
- re frame/tail boom mount ... how so ?
-
- Presumably the linkage to the tail is thru the normal wire_in_tube arrangement,
- so this setup will reduce the linkage length by say 8" or so. Is there really a
- noticeable difference in handling ?
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