20-11-2012, 09:27 PM
I've been tinkering with the Yak again
I made up a linkage so I can get rid of one of the servos needed to drive the split elevator
It was too much weight up the back and I would have had to add over half a Kg to the nose to balance her.
This way I think it will break even with just the lipos up the front and no added weight.
I've also swapped the heavy scale tail wheel assembly for a much lighter one and the alluminum tail plane spar for a carbon one saving a few grams there as well
Here's the linkage, It was a bit of a mission to make but it means I can still remove the tail for transport.
I made up a linkage so I can get rid of one of the servos needed to drive the split elevator
It was too much weight up the back and I would have had to add over half a Kg to the nose to balance her.
This way I think it will break even with just the lipos up the front and no added weight.
I've also swapped the heavy scale tail wheel assembly for a much lighter one and the alluminum tail plane spar for a carbon one saving a few grams there as well
Here's the linkage, It was a bit of a mission to make but it means I can still remove the tail for transport.
“The knack of flying is learning how to throw your machine at the ground and miss.”
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your thoughts turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~Leonardo Da Vinci