Paul Harlow

Hi chaps, thanks for all this advice - I like the idea of trying to tighten up the linkages, although I'm quite taken with the idea of independent servos in the wings - I'll have a go at combining both ideas... Thanks for your help, Paul

Thanks for that, chaps - I think that's my weekend project sorted, then...I'll get this thing in the air one day :) Paul

OK, thanks for that - if I was to take the ailerons off altogether, do you think it would be worth the effort of having a seperate servo in each wing? Paul

Hi Richard, thanks for that - I should have explained the problem a bit better, really - there's just loads of play in all the pivot joints. There's play at the servo clevis' and play at the torque-rod ends...plus, I think the hinges I've used (metal pin hinged type) aren't holding the ailerons tightly enough to the wing... I wondered if one solution would be to get rid of the hinges altogether and fix the ailerons to the wing using tape along their entire length...it seems like a bit of a bodge to me, though... Thanks for your help, Paul

Hello, A while ago, I started learning to fly with a "Bobcat II 40" trainer and discovered that taking off and flying about were pretty easy - landing, though, wasn't... After ripping the undercarriage off my trainer and pretty much ripping out the whole bottom of the fuselage in one, glorious high speed ground encounter, I decided that trainers just weren't built for my style of "landing"...so I designed and built my own trainer with enthusiastically belting into the ground in mind :) I have a problem with my ailerons, though - I built the wings up to use a single, central servo and torque rods, a la stock trainer, but this has left the ailerons really pretty sloppy and they flutter about like anything with the engine running :( Is there an easy way I can improve their rigidity without having to ditch the centre servo and put servos in the wings? I haven't actually tried flying this thing yet, but I'd like to give it the best chance possible of getting back down in one piece... Thanks, Paul

Thanks for your help, chaps. I'll try and find your site at St Stephens, Ted - I can't even find the place on multimap, though... thanks, Paul

Can anybody tell me where the Truro MFC or St Austell MFC meet, please? I can't find any contact details for the Truro MFC, but seem to remeber they met out at Summercourt a few years ago? Many thanks, Paul