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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    More stick time on the Edge yesterday. I let an old school TOC guy take the sticks for a minute to see what he thought, said it needs more right thrust and a little up thrust so I will shim the engine a little to the right and a little to the up- the CG itself is nearly dead nuts. Also, the...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Finished up the rudder linkages this morning since I have the day off. I know one rudder servo seems like it's not enough but there's 2 things about these servos, 1. They don't blow back, they simply stop moving if the load becomes too great, and 2. They have a constant torque that...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    SO the rudder got a little bit more in depth than I really wanted it to on the Edge. I thought I'd just be able to glue 2 horns into the left side of the rudder and call it good. Well the new horns I ordered were not the same as the original horns so off they came along with all of the wood...
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    SOLD! HS-M-7990TH (2) and HS-7980TH (6) servos

    I have 2 HS-M7990TH and 6 HS-7980TH servos I want to sell. They all have approximately 25-30 flights on them, they are still in like-new condition. I'd like to sell all 8 of these for $650 SHIPPED with the 2" SWB arms. If I have to sell each one individually then I'm asking $90 each with arm...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Last night I got to work on setting up my Edge for pull-pull on the rudder. That meant loping off the additional control horn I installed and carving out the slot for the new horn (the original horn was glued 95% the way through the rudder). Took 30 seconds to cut the horn I added off with a...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Time to go boating!
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    Already committed to going pull-pull, the airplane really needs more weight up front anyways :way_to_go:
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    I already tried that, that's how it was originally setup. The entire linkage geometry was perfect, so long as I didn't use any down elevator at all, because it would hit the linkage.
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    It has 2 servo boxes, but both are in the exact same location, one per side of the fuselage. Look at the stabs too, yours are sitting a lot higher than mine.
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    Something is definitely different than mine! I added the lower horn to try and correct the terrible geometry as best as I could but it looks like the entire setup was doomed from the start. From what I gather, it looks like your elevator is set in the fuselage a lot higher than mine is which...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    If you've ever worked on a Chevy with a 4.3 V6 then you'll know exactly how it is to work on this engine because they are the same aside from some minor differences.
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    I have a dual SWB tray in my Yak and it's dead solid as far as centering goes. I think some of it comes from the servos needing to be sync'd to each other, as well as how tight the pulley setup is.
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    Post pics! I would like to see as well.
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Woohoo this stupid thing lives again! Mental note: don't read the instructions included with your new parts, because they tell you the wrong firing order :oblong: If there was ever a reason as to why men don't read the directions, this is it :D:rolleyes:
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    The way the rudder servo pocket was designed into the tail did not account for the position of the elevator relative to the position of the rudder horn. So when I gave it down elevator, the elevator hit the rudder linkage. I had to change the whole linkage setup to get it to work properly but...
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    Woohooo it flies!!!! BUT there is 2 gleaming issues present: 1. The CG is too far back. I am planning on alleviating that with step 2: 2. The rudder does not have linear control throw, it moves way quicker to the left than it does to the right. I fear the only recourse for this is to set the...
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    The I'm going out flying thread 2016

    We're going flying!!! Edge is going to maiden!!!!
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    OK last night of working on this monster, I need me some airplane time! :yesss: New fuel pump and alternator went in last night, as well as ignition coil. So now I'm up to spark plugs, plug wires, dizzy cap, rotor, coil, fuel pump, alternator, and now we're just waiting on the rest of the...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    The good news is the timing chain and gears are hardly worn at all, still tight as new. The bad news is the timing cover has nearly rusted through, and I managed to break the front pulley yesterday (don't ask :oblong: ). At least that's all getting replaced. And I even managed to put new plug...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I thought this was below your minimum size requirement for new airplanes :laughing:
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