aeleron: movement

[davidchoate]

sorry for the dumb questions, b ut this is my first attemt at fitting aelerons on a plane (me109 16 1/2") not on the plans. thanks to Bill I have got them built & the linkage arranged, but I have only about 10degrees of deflection. I am a horrible pilot & am not using a rudder, will this thing turn?

[Wildpig]

10 degrees aileron deflection should be plenty for your airplane.
Will it turn with ailerons,only. Yes. But, not that well. The rudder by itself will actually do fine turning the airplane, assuming you built it with the "flying" dihedral and not the scale model dihedral.

[davidchoate]

thanks for advice. im probably going to add a rudder now, but i really wanted to keep it light using a servo-receiver-speed control board. as far as i know i cant combinr that with an added servo. i guess i gotta find room in there for more stuff.these small planes are challenging, but i have learned alot,and i know it will help me when i advance into building larger planes with more systems. thanks again.

[Wildpig]

You might be able to tie in the rudder to the same servo. Just add a control rod to the rudder.

[davidchoate]

thanks Wildpig. Im gonna look into that tonight after work. will the aelerons & rudder working together create any undesireable flight character? i've built 4 planes & got a RTF trainer but never flew using aelerons. im no master pilot, but i want to leatn. i am very good at building though. i am a master auto mecanic, macinist, and welder for 30 yrs now; so I can pretty much make anything, but my flying skills are novice at best. thanks again.

[Wildpig]

Tying the ailerons and rudder together should give you coordinated turns. That is when rigged properly.
I would start out with the rudder deflection being more aggressive than the aileron deflection.

[davidchoate]

thanks Wildpig. I look forward to figuring this out later. you have definitely helped to jumpstart my planning.

[Mitch]

I am by far NO expert on RC stuff, and I know some guys put RC into these small planes. I had one attempt at the 400 series many years ago. I made it for 3 channels. 1: throttle 2: rudder 3: elevator. I did not set up the ailerons for movement. I flew gliders with 2 channel, to turn just give a little rudder, the model will fall, so you also input a little up elevator. I know this is NOT how real planes turn, but it works.


2 servos in fuselage of Mustang 400 series


Pushrods made from music wire


The motor is under cowling with 3 blade prop and ON/OFF swith

Just some thought for your next build... GOOD LUCK and GOOD FLYING! Mitch