Anybody else scratch building tonight?

[Wildthing]

One very recent technique I've done, but wasn't very good (not say it couldn't be done better) is to have two-armed servo arms pulling a horn on each side of a control surface with sewing thread.

Use the thin wire used for beads from a crafts store.

 

[Wildthing]

diy alternitives to pushrods?
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Steal the spokes out of @SquirrelTail bicycle

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

Dental wire is the best, wait until someone with braces falls asleep and remove it from their mouth ?
Or buy it off ebay which ever is best for you.
I use 1.0mm and 1.2mm depending on the model.

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

Price equivalent is $7.50 for a reel of the stuff, not measured the length but quite a few meters there.

 

[sundown57]

sidetracked

 

[mastermalpass]

Cockpit ready 😂 now to cut some foam and get on with building something 🤗 View attachment 189661

The MiG-35 is the only cockpit with three MFCD screens in a row like that. But the MiG-35 isn't decked out in blue like the Sukhois.

 

[Ketchup]

Dental wire is the best, wait until someone with braces falls asleep and remove it from their mouth ?
Or buy it off ebay which ever is best for you.
View attachment 189678 I use 1.0mm and 1.2mm depending on the model.

How do you straighten it though?

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

How do you straighten it though?

I use this method
You dont need to heat treat the dental wire its already stiff enough, having been pre stiffened

 

[mackaiver]

9 gram in mini scout good idea or bad
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[Quinnyperks]

9 gram in mini scout good idea or bad
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If you can lighten it a little In the tail.

 

[mackaiver]

well im also using a huge 3cell 850mah

 

[Quinnyperks]

well im also using a huge 3cell 850mah

It’s fine then.

 

[danskis]

Great video thanks....sorry I got lost, what are we using this wire for?

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

If you can lighten it a little In the tail.

Use a single 9g mounted central in the wing, with push rods going out to the ailerons on each wing. If you mount it on the cg point it helps with balance too.

 

[The Hangar]

9 gram in mini scout good idea or bad
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It'll work, but the lighter you can keep it the better. My last mini scout used 9g servos and a 1500 2s - my current one uses 2g servos and a 280 2s, and it flies so much lighter!

 

[mackaiver]

Use a single 9g mounted central in the wing, with push rods going out to the ailerons on each wing. If you mount it on the cg point it helps with balance too.

its for my mini scout

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

Great video thanks....sorry I got lost, what are we using this wire for?

Push rods, I buy my wire in bulk off Ebay its used for dental work but arrives coiled. You can use the hole in wood and drill to get it straight before using it.

 

[Mr_Stripes]

my current one uses 2g servos and a 280 2s, and it flies so much lighter!

Ima have to re build mine like that.

 

[OliverW]

9 gram in mini scout good idea or bad
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Bad

 

[Flyingshark]

9 gram in mini scout good idea or bad
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Just why use 9 gram, when you can save 8 grams by using 5g servos?