Originally posted by Cfreuen20
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You have to cut away some of the balsa to get them to move freely without friction , you end up covering the holes with those plastic covers though.
Other than that I'm extremely happy with the fit on my control surfaces. They came out great. I probably spent 3 to 4 hours on each wing though few weeks ago while watching TV.
With balsa , you're never going to get that exact fit in the ARFs, occasionally you get the wood that is not symmetrical, etc.. one edge sticks out more than the other.... I did have a little bit of that. But I ended up fixing it all with the hinges. I cut some of them where the fit was better on one side versus the other. And it gave me that straight smooth finish.
i always use 30 min epoxy and have about 6 or 7 clamps holding everything in place , applying pressure where it needs to be.
My flaps came out excellent on the left wing. But slightly off on the right. Meaning.... On the right wing. One side of the flap is flush , and the other side is slightly upright. It's the wood really , nothing I could of done. It's nothing to be upset about though. It sticks up just enough to bother ofyou... Only because the other wing is perfect.
I ended up using the stock retracts , just replaced all the lines and valves with robart and a few restrictors to get that scale deploy. It works great , 100psi gets me about 3 cycles , I got a little Milwaukee pump to fill her up with.
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