Indeed I'm gonna have to pick some up Frankenjet. I really thought about the wire extensions as well. I don't know if it's at all true or not, but I remember hearing long ago that longer motor wires can cause issues? That was what caused me to first do this the way I have it set now
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I'm lovin me some N-9M, I've had the 3 views saved on my phone for years. I always wanted to scratch build one. You might want to "cheat" on the first flights with a vertical fin, that way you can concentrate on the wings pitch trim, and get that dialed in. Once that's done reduce the size of the fin, until you know the split rudders are dialed in. I remember reading that somewhere, it might have been Kieth Shaw who did that when he designed and flew his amazing Horten 9, another of my favorites!
Northops wings flew, but they had deadly pitch and yaw issues. The YB-49 you'll note had 4 vertical fins, and suffered structural failure, both wings snapped off from a high speed pitch problem. :(1 Photo
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Nice I'm gonna cut mine I think. It still sits alittle too high... The little Istone stabilizer looks like it's spot on. All I gotta do now is paint and sand it and paint again. Anyone have any experience with the Istone? I don't have the auto recovery version. Just the stabilizer unit. Just hope I did well going for that one.
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I'd be very interested in the mechanics you used on that drag rudder setup.
My mod brain is thinking of something like that for decelerons on the forthcoming FW A-10 ;)Warbird Charlie
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Aaaaahhh very simple setup really, joining 3 pushrods with a wheel collar 2 to both control surfaces and one back to the servo. Added an easy connector to the servo arm no set screw. Leave space behind the easy connector for it to slide back when it's engaging the opposite rudder but add a brake spring from a RC nitro car to keep tension on the rudder when closed and you have a poor man's setup for a drag rudder system. :)
PS don't forget to solder the joint of the pushrods as well for extra security.
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