[NSRCA-discussion] Venus 2 question

[John Pavlick]

Jon,
 Yeah it sounds like this plane turns out nose heavy. He's using a PPM
receiver and we'd like to put the antenna inside the fuse. I've had problems
with this before when running long servo leads (RF noise). It sounds like
that's the best way to do things as far as the balance issue is concerned
though. Guess I better give it a try.

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com



BTW - What did you use for a motor mount?
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  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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