andyjayh

Hi guys, can anyone who owns one of these models give me some advice on the CofG. The manual say 125mm back but I need about 30g of weight slapped on the back to achieve this. I have an Irvine 46 up front and I have put the battery behind the servo tray. Is additional weight the only way to get it right? I really hate putting weight on a model [>:]
Also the control rods are really poor and flexible. I have seen a few posts mentioning that people have replaced the control rods with after market carbon jobs, anyone have any pictures to show me what they have done?
Cheers, Andy

autoguns

Move the servos aft and use micros high speed high torq on the elevators and a standard on the rudder. heres some pics of the way I did mine....I have a OS70FS in mine without adding lead......JW

andyjayh

Thanks JW for your advice and pics. Did you beef up the fuz around the new servo mounting points?

Cheers,
Andy

autoguns

I used hardwood blocks to beef up the servo mounting holes. I also soaked the area with thin CA....JW

andyjayh

Thanks JW for your help. I think I will have a crack at this mod as it seems to kill two birds etc, both the frontal weight and the control rods being a bit poor. As I fly off of grass I might leave the rudder servo up front and install a closed loop instead.
Just out interest, which servos did you use for the elevator?
Cheers,
Andy

autoguns

Futaba 3201 servos on the elevator halfs and 4-40 rods all around...JW