I have deciced to install tank near centre of gravity.
Rudder will be connected to servo with a pull-pull system,
operated by two kevlar leads or similar. The leads will cross
inside the fuselage.
Elevator will be actuated by MK elev coupler. There will also be
a pull-pull system between the coupler and servo. From the
coupler to elevator halves movement is driven by 4 mm carbon
fibre pushrods. Pushrods will have ball links 2 mm thread.
Horns on control surfaces will be of 4 mm CF-balsa-CF sandwich
that a friend of mine has produced.
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Place for radios and tank. See 3x3 balsa guides to
help position the servo tray.
Pattern of servo tray was made of cardboard. It is easy
to trim and fine tune the shape.
The wing fixing was already made in the Sombrero kit,
saving a lot of work. |
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The servo tray. Material is a sandwich plate made of
EPS stryrofoam and 0.4 mm plywood on sides.
This sandwich is quite light, not as light as CF
honeycomb but not as fragile either.
All glueing done with Cascol PU glue. Weight as 39 g
finished, where the glue weight is 5-6 g total. |
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From the other side. See glue expanding and filling
possible gaps. It is important that the cross support
is glued on both sides of main plate. In that way the
surface does not come off when tank is exposed
to high g forces. |
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Note reinforcements for servos made of 2 mm ply or 6
mm ply for elev servo. Elevator servo is located
higher so that its pull-pull cables do not hit rudder
servo arm nor cables. Tank mount and auxiliary
supports have been tested with 10 g load. No problems.
Tank will be secured in palce with either
rubber bands or straps. Even if they fail the tank stays
in place since wing is blocking the way. |
Compliments to all who has contributed to this. Much of
information has been gathered by searching the Internet and
following
other enthusiasts' projects. That is also motivation for
publishing all of this.