Finally the answer. I am surprised at how many missed the obvious. The NOT so "new way to install servo". Regis -----Original Message----- From: Mark Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:53 AM To: Tom Copp; F3F@yahoogroups. com; RCSE; Raymond Subject: RE: [RCSE] new way to install servo Why not mount the servo to the servo cover. This should give you the space you need? Plus if you have a problem with the servo you won't have to damage the structure digging the servo out of the wing. Cheers, Mark Miller http://www.isthmusmodels.com --- Tom Copp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See http://home.hkstar.com/~raywong/sting/page.htm > for the correct pic. > Yes, the Sting has to have the servo arm pointing up > to the top skin so the > aileron servo needs to be spaced away from the upper > skin and flush with the > inside of the bottom skin. > The servo is installed from the bottom and the > fairing is molded in the > wing. To space the servo off the skin a slow cure > epoxy and silica / micro > mix will work but do a test batch first and see how > hot it gets before you > boil the wing skin. > After it is cured take a dremel tool with a router > base, tape off the wing > skin to avoid scratches and route the depth required > for your servo. Then > epoxy it in as usual. If you don’t have the router > base then make a dummy > servo from wood (the same thickness as the real > servo + the thickness of the > skin and as large as the servo opening will allow) > and attach a oversized > flat plate to the side that when pressed against the > bottom skin will give > you the required depth needed. Wax it up good and do > the squish. > It is a extra step and it’s not that hard to do. The > Stings performance is > worth it. > You can also shim it with hard balsa and a thin > plywood plate on top. > See more Sting pic at > http://www.f3x.com/sting/sting.htm > > Tom Copp > COMPOSITE SPECIALTIES > www.F3X.com > ph/fax 949-645 7032 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 6:06 PM > To: soaring > Subject: [RCSE] new way to install servo > > hi, > Please take a look at the photo. > http://home.hkstar.com/~raywong/sting/page.htm > I am trying to build my Sting, and found out the > servo installation is very > different from my other planes. I am thinking of > using very thick micro > ballon and epoxy to elevate the servo. Any > suggestion? > > Raymond Wong > Hong Kong > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
