[NSRCA-discussion] Venus 2 question

[JonLowe at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/26/2006 9:12:33 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jpavlick at idseng.com writes:
I'm helping someone put their Venus 2 together. I'm installing the control
linkages now. Got the elevator done (dual pushrods / servo on its side) and
it's working great. I'm wondering if it's worth the effort to install pull -
pull for the rudder. Has anyone done this? The only hard points I see are at
the bottom of the rudder and that's in the same area as the elevator
linkage. I guess I could make it work but if the stock pushrod works Ok,
maybe it's not worth my time. Also - we're using an OS120Ax with a muffler.
The servos are in the radio compartment (not the tail section). Am I going
to have problems getting the plane to balance? Should I think about putting
the rudder servo in the tail section? I want to avoid running long servo
leads. TIA

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com
John,
You will likely find the airplane nose heavy.  For a review, I had to use an 
OS .61 (!), and even with it, the plane was nose heavy with the rudder servo 
in the tail, and the elevator servo in the servo compartment. I had to add 
almost 2 oz of weight to the tail.

When I put in an OS 1.20, I will put in 3421s in the tail for the elevators.  
I've never had a problem with long leads, just be sure to use the HD ones.

Jon Lowe
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