I 09 Slow Motion third Slow Motion design 21St Century Simitar Series times Im asked no horizontal stab elevator flying wing concept reply Performance Space Shuttle Concorde SR-7 1 Blackbird B-2 bomber flying wings have proven performance makes tops class Likewise Simitar series RC models have top-of-the-line performance no tip stall directional stability wider speed range tighter turns Thoughts ideas give inspiration design new Simitar aircraft come directions first Slow Motion 15-40 Model Aviation January 1987 began Bill Winter telling would like have slow-flying Simitar Before long Senior Slow Motion board inspired fact plans sold first Slow Motion larger 40-60 size needed Senior Slow Motion published October 1993 MA 09 Slow Motion development began sent prototype Coxs first 09 true muffler speedcontrolled carburetor Now what put Thoughts began stir Size weight Which wing Tail-dragger tricycle gear came conclusion ideal wing 48/2-inch span version used original Simitar RCM December 1976 fuselage type next item decide just matter scaling down original Slow Motion using tn-gear system Senior Sb Mo getting program After momentous decisions set work About hour fuselage construction another couple hours wing 8 Model Aviation pe RO Sport Wingspan 48 inches Engine 09- 10 two-stroke Functions Elevons throttle steerable nose wheel Flying weight 40 ounces Construction Balsa foam Covering/finish MonoKote author 09 Slow Motion test field near Bishop CA altitude 10000 feet no problem says Bill six eight hours covering final assembly just cant cover install components faster Finally moment truth test flight Once engine dialed its proper performance takeoff routine Climb altitude couple mistakes safe loops rolls split-Ss Cuban eights inverted flight usual Simitar landing throttle responsive usual model behaved well over good speed range CONSTRUCTION Wing For cut foam may order cores Soaring Research 454 Wildrose Lane Bishop CA 93514 Cores $18 shipping $7 sure wing panels flat straight use weights core flat surface necessary Cement I/ balsa trailingedge spars trailing edges Use carpenters glue type cyanoacrylate CyA glue will attack foam regular CyA will work Set aside dry Fuselage Cut pieces place pin top flat work surface Mark location firewall bulkhead top sides Pin re longerons place 1/8 inch edge use side guide Curve longerons fuselage width wing/elevon hinge location centerline fuselage tail Glue place applying thin CyA inside edge longerons CyA will run under longerons Pin side top pin firewall former place against top side CyA side top firewall former sure curve side center rear Pin second side position CyA place Pin glue re bottom longerons place against sides Pin glue square strips around back side firewall Sand bottom edges sides flush bottom longerons Pin glue front fuselage bottom place Add Y8 balsa bottom Carve plane sand bottom rear top rear taper established sides Round coruers per plan apply sandpaper needed Plane sand leading edge undercaps trailing edge August 1997 9 Cox Tee Dee 09 Fl/C used original model third smallest Slow Motion seriesA Cox rear-exhaust 15 can provide some extra top end spars sheeting will fit over sand away core Sheet wings used Corefllm apply 1/16 sheeting leading edges trailing edges center section Sand leading edge sheeting flush undercap pm cement leading edge cap leading edge Apply 1A6 x trips two-inch centers end inboard sheeting tip wing Shape sand leading edge leading edge bottom nearly flat leading edge top curve fairly steep round leading edge maximum radius 2 inch desirable Apply wingtips carve sand airfoil shape Finish-sand wing panels join five-minute epoxy Fit elevons wing used X Hinges attach elevons use mechanicai elevon mixing form install elevon control rods before attach elevons Cut cement end-grain balsa wing bolt location guard against crushing wing its bolted fuselage Fit ood wing plate leading edge wing center section Set wing wing plate place fuselage check fit before gluing wing plate place Using waxed greased temporary ls set wing plate place align glue plate wing five-minute epoxy Place hardwood gear blocks correct location bottom wing mark area remove sheeting foam blocks flush sheeted bottom wing surface Glue place fiveminute epoxy Sand cover wing use electronic devon mixing install ood servo plates flush bottom surface wing remove foam servo pocket prior covering bottom wing Complete sand cover vertical fin Complete sand cover ngular fm fillets Cover wing fuselage epoxy vertical fin fuselage epoxy fillets fm fuselage new concept Simitar series explanation control-surface function component installation may helpful Sirnitar requires pitch elevator roll aileron functions perfect flight Except Pattern flying rudder required Simitar control surfaces elevons serve ailerons elevators essence consider control surfaces full-strip ailerons counter-actuate provide aileron control also actuate simultaneously provide elevator control means some form mixing neededby mechanical electronic means best mechanical method use sliding tray servos tray set up would strip ailerons second servo elevator its control arm attached stationary bulkhead front tray will slide tray fore-and-aft give elevator function Electronic mixing can provided radio 10 Model Aviation aliphatic-resin glue plenty pins attach balsa leading edge undercap trailing edge spar wing panel Mark cores capstrips inboard sheeting sheet wings top bottom Pin elevon trailing edge wing iron X-hinge both sides wing built-in mixing using Aces Christy Mixer Quillan Mixer plug between servos receiver Both mixers work very well $25-$45 price range Alternatively some newer radio systems have built elevon mixing flaperon mixing functions have used several Futabas line such 6VA 7NFK 7UAF 7UAFS 7UAP 9VP Sliding Tray Mixer Control Setup sliding tray fore-and-aft fonners plywood Drill holes dowel through both formers same time will make holes parallel Cut plywood tray fit both aileron elevator servos Push dowels formers slide red outer Nyrod over dowel push other former onto dowels Cement tray place onto Nyrods careful get cement inside Nyrods install servos shown Electronic Mixer Control Setup Use plywood trays mount servos wing epoxy trays flush bottom wing after sheeting Grind hole top center wing use piece piano wire hook bent end tunnel out servo lead lead easily fished through piece string Final Assembly Install landing gear engine fuel tank radio components Hook up controls check make sure no binding Check make sure aircraft balances level slightly nose down location indicated plans approximately inch behind leading edge wing no fuel tank Control throws put much can get use what need 3A- inchofup down left right fine Remember control like light switch oft its like dimmer switchuse oaly much pressure stick need make what want Set nose wheel height resting flat surface leading edge wing higher trailing edge measured hinge line trailing edge elevons arc set inch up transmitter trim neutral Check surfaces proper motion Remember left aileron command results left elevon going up right going down up-elevator command results both elevons going up Hying Flight performance very smooth graceful model gives feeling its extension yourself air seems always right thing often before command Are thumbs quicker eye Bill Winter once said does Simitar what want before tell Does read mind Remember safe courteous other fliers have funand tight turns Bill Evans 454 Wildrose Lu Bishop CA 93514 August1997 11 Right side fuselage has firewall former attached Sides up bottom squares cowl cheeks place Construction fuselage shell complete Final shaping sanding next Interior view fuselage shows placement throttle nose wheel servos
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/08
Page Numbers: 8, 9, 10, 11
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/08
Page Numbers: 8, 9, 10, 11
I 09 Slow Motion third Slow Motion design 21St Century Simitar Series times Im asked no horizontal stab elevator flying wing concept reply Performance Space Shuttle Concorde SR-7 1 Blackbird B-2 bomber flying wings have proven performance makes tops class Likewise Simitar series RC models have top-of-the-line performance no tip stall directional stability wider speed range tighter turns Thoughts ideas give inspiration design new Simitar aircraft come directions first Slow Motion 15-40 Model Aviation January 1987 began Bill Winter telling would like have slow-flying Simitar Before long Senior Slow Motion board inspired fact plans sold first Slow Motion larger 40-60 size needed Senior Slow Motion published October 1993 MA 09 Slow Motion development began sent prototype Coxs first 09 true muffler speedcontrolled carburetor Now what put Thoughts began stir Size weight Which wing Tail-dragger tricycle gear came conclusion ideal wing 48/2-inch span version used original Simitar RCM December 1976 fuselage type next item decide just matter scaling down original Slow Motion using tn-gear system Senior Sb Mo getting program After momentous decisions set work About hour fuselage construction another couple hours wing 8 Model Aviation pe RO Sport Wingspan 48 inches Engine 09- 10 two-stroke Functions Elevons throttle steerable nose wheel Flying weight 40 ounces Construction Balsa foam Covering/finish MonoKote author 09 Slow Motion test field near Bishop CA altitude 10000 feet no problem says Bill six eight hours covering final assembly just cant cover install components faster Finally moment truth test flight Once engine dialed its proper performance takeoff routine Climb altitude couple mistakes safe loops rolls split-Ss Cuban eights inverted flight usual Simitar landing throttle responsive usual model behaved well over good speed range CONSTRUCTION Wing For cut foam may order cores Soaring Research 454 Wildrose Lane Bishop CA 93514 Cores $18 shipping $7 sure wing panels flat straight use weights core flat surface necessary Cement I/ balsa trailingedge spars trailing edges Use carpenters glue type cyanoacrylate CyA glue will attack foam regular CyA will work Set aside dry Fuselage Cut pieces place pin top flat work surface Mark location firewall bulkhead top sides Pin re longerons place 1/8 inch edge use side guide Curve longerons fuselage width wing/elevon hinge location centerline fuselage tail Glue place applying thin CyA inside edge longerons CyA will run under longerons Pin side top pin firewall former place against top side CyA side top firewall former sure curve side center rear Pin second side position CyA place Pin glue re bottom longerons place against sides Pin glue square strips around back side firewall Sand bottom edges sides flush bottom longerons Pin glue front fuselage bottom place Add Y8 balsa bottom Carve plane sand bottom rear top rear taper established sides Round coruers per plan apply sandpaper needed Plane sand leading edge undercaps trailing edge August 1997 9 Cox Tee Dee 09 Fl/C used original model third smallest Slow Motion seriesA Cox rear-exhaust 15 can provide some extra top end spars sheeting will fit over sand away core Sheet wings used Corefllm apply 1/16 sheeting leading edges trailing edges center section Sand leading edge sheeting flush undercap pm cement leading edge cap leading edge Apply 1A6 x trips two-inch centers end inboard sheeting tip wing Shape sand leading edge leading edge bottom nearly flat leading edge top curve fairly steep round leading edge maximum radius 2 inch desirable Apply wingtips carve sand airfoil shape Finish-sand wing panels join five-minute epoxy Fit elevons wing used X Hinges attach elevons use mechanicai elevon mixing form install elevon control rods before attach elevons Cut cement end-grain balsa wing bolt location guard against crushing wing its bolted fuselage Fit ood wing plate leading edge wing center section Set wing wing plate place fuselage check fit before gluing wing plate place Using waxed greased temporary ls set wing plate place align glue plate wing five-minute epoxy Place hardwood gear blocks correct location bottom wing mark area remove sheeting foam blocks flush sheeted bottom wing surface Glue place fiveminute epoxy Sand cover wing use electronic devon mixing install ood servo plates flush bottom surface wing remove foam servo pocket prior covering bottom wing Complete sand cover vertical fin Complete sand cover ngular fm fillets Cover wing fuselage epoxy vertical fin fuselage epoxy fillets fm fuselage new concept Simitar series explanation control-surface function component installation may helpful Sirnitar requires pitch elevator roll aileron functions perfect flight Except Pattern flying rudder required Simitar control surfaces elevons serve ailerons elevators essence consider control surfaces full-strip ailerons counter-actuate provide aileron control also actuate simultaneously provide elevator control means some form mixing neededby mechanical electronic means best mechanical method use sliding tray servos tray set up would strip ailerons second servo elevator its control arm attached stationary bulkhead front tray will slide tray fore-and-aft give elevator function Electronic mixing can provided radio 10 Model Aviation aliphatic-resin glue plenty pins attach balsa leading edge undercap trailing edge spar wing panel Mark cores capstrips inboard sheeting sheet wings top bottom Pin elevon trailing edge wing iron X-hinge both sides wing built-in mixing using Aces Christy Mixer Quillan Mixer plug between servos receiver Both mixers work very well $25-$45 price range Alternatively some newer radio systems have built elevon mixing flaperon mixing functions have used several Futabas line such 6VA 7NFK 7UAF 7UAFS 7UAP 9VP Sliding Tray Mixer Control Setup sliding tray fore-and-aft fonners plywood Drill holes dowel through both formers same time will make holes parallel Cut plywood tray fit both aileron elevator servos Push dowels formers slide red outer Nyrod over dowel push other former onto dowels Cement tray place onto Nyrods careful get cement inside Nyrods install servos shown Electronic Mixer Control Setup Use plywood trays mount servos wing epoxy trays flush bottom wing after sheeting Grind hole top center wing use piece piano wire hook bent end tunnel out servo lead lead easily fished through piece string Final Assembly Install landing gear engine fuel tank radio components Hook up controls check make sure no binding Check make sure aircraft balances level slightly nose down location indicated plans approximately inch behind leading edge wing no fuel tank Control throws put much can get use what need 3A- inchofup down left right fine Remember control like light switch oft its like dimmer switchuse oaly much pressure stick need make what want Set nose wheel height resting flat surface leading edge wing higher trailing edge measured hinge line trailing edge elevons arc set inch up transmitter trim neutral Check surfaces proper motion Remember left aileron command results left elevon going up right going down up-elevator command results both elevons going up Hying Flight performance very smooth graceful model gives feeling its extension yourself air seems always right thing often before command Are thumbs quicker eye Bill Winter once said does Simitar what want before tell Does read mind Remember safe courteous other fliers have funand tight turns Bill Evans 454 Wildrose Lu Bishop CA 93514 August1997 11 Right side fuselage has firewall former attached Sides up bottom squares cowl cheeks place Construction fuselage shell complete Final shaping sanding next Interior view fuselage shows placement throttle nose wheel servos
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/08
Page Numbers: 8, 9, 10, 11
I 09 Slow Motion third Slow Motion design 21St Century Simitar Series times Im asked no horizontal stab elevator flying wing concept reply Performance Space Shuttle Concorde SR-7 1 Blackbird B-2 bomber flying wings have proven performance makes tops class Likewise Simitar series RC models have top-of-the-line performance no tip stall directional stability wider speed range tighter turns Thoughts ideas give inspiration design new Simitar aircraft come directions first Slow Motion 15-40 Model Aviation January 1987 began Bill Winter telling would like have slow-flying Simitar Before long Senior Slow Motion board inspired fact plans sold first Slow Motion larger 40-60 size needed Senior Slow Motion published October 1993 MA 09 Slow Motion development began sent prototype Coxs first 09 true muffler speedcontrolled carburetor Now what put Thoughts began stir Size weight Which wing Tail-dragger tricycle gear came conclusion ideal wing 48/2-inch span version used original Simitar RCM December 1976 fuselage type next item decide just matter scaling down original Slow Motion using tn-gear system Senior Sb Mo getting program After momentous decisions set work About hour fuselage construction another couple hours wing 8 Model Aviation pe RO Sport Wingspan 48 inches Engine 09- 10 two-stroke Functions Elevons throttle steerable nose wheel Flying weight 40 ounces Construction Balsa foam Covering/finish MonoKote author 09 Slow Motion test field near Bishop CA altitude 10000 feet no problem says Bill six eight hours covering final assembly just cant cover install components faster Finally moment truth test flight Once engine dialed its proper performance takeoff routine Climb altitude couple mistakes safe loops rolls split-Ss Cuban eights inverted flight usual Simitar landing throttle responsive usual model behaved well over good speed range CONSTRUCTION Wing For cut foam may order cores Soaring Research 454 Wildrose Lane Bishop CA 93514 Cores $18 shipping $7 sure wing panels flat straight use weights core flat surface necessary Cement I/ balsa trailingedge spars trailing edges Use carpenters glue type cyanoacrylate CyA glue will attack foam regular CyA will work Set aside dry Fuselage Cut pieces place pin top flat work surface Mark location firewall bulkhead top sides Pin re longerons place 1/8 inch edge use side guide Curve longerons fuselage width wing/elevon hinge location centerline fuselage tail Glue place applying thin CyA inside edge longerons CyA will run under longerons Pin side top pin firewall former place against top side CyA side top firewall former sure curve side center rear Pin second side position CyA place Pin glue re bottom longerons place against sides Pin glue square strips around back side firewall Sand bottom edges sides flush bottom longerons Pin glue front fuselage bottom place Add Y8 balsa bottom Carve plane sand bottom rear top rear taper established sides Round coruers per plan apply sandpaper needed Plane sand leading edge undercaps trailing edge August 1997 9 Cox Tee Dee 09 Fl/C used original model third smallest Slow Motion seriesA Cox rear-exhaust 15 can provide some extra top end spars sheeting will fit over sand away core Sheet wings used Corefllm apply 1/16 sheeting leading edges trailing edges center section Sand leading edge sheeting flush undercap pm cement leading edge cap leading edge Apply 1A6 x trips two-inch centers end inboard sheeting tip wing Shape sand leading edge leading edge bottom nearly flat leading edge top curve fairly steep round leading edge maximum radius 2 inch desirable Apply wingtips carve sand airfoil shape Finish-sand wing panels join five-minute epoxy Fit elevons wing used X Hinges attach elevons use mechanicai elevon mixing form install elevon control rods before attach elevons Cut cement end-grain balsa wing bolt location guard against crushing wing its bolted fuselage Fit ood wing plate leading edge wing center section Set wing wing plate place fuselage check fit before gluing wing plate place Using waxed greased temporary ls set wing plate place align glue plate wing five-minute epoxy Place hardwood gear blocks correct location bottom wing mark area remove sheeting foam blocks flush sheeted bottom wing surface Glue place fiveminute epoxy Sand cover wing use electronic devon mixing install ood servo plates flush bottom surface wing remove foam servo pocket prior covering bottom wing Complete sand cover vertical fin Complete sand cover ngular fm fillets Cover wing fuselage epoxy vertical fin fuselage epoxy fillets fm fuselage new concept Simitar series explanation control-surface function component installation may helpful Sirnitar requires pitch elevator roll aileron functions perfect flight Except Pattern flying rudder required Simitar control surfaces elevons serve ailerons elevators essence consider control surfaces full-strip ailerons counter-actuate provide aileron control also actuate simultaneously provide elevator control means some form mixing neededby mechanical electronic means best mechanical method use sliding tray servos tray set up would strip ailerons second servo elevator its control arm attached stationary bulkhead front tray will slide tray fore-and-aft give elevator function Electronic mixing can provided radio 10 Model Aviation aliphatic-resin glue plenty pins attach balsa leading edge undercap trailing edge spar wing panel Mark cores capstrips inboard sheeting sheet wings top bottom Pin elevon trailing edge wing iron X-hinge both sides wing built-in mixing using Aces Christy Mixer Quillan Mixer plug between servos receiver Both mixers work very well $25-$45 price range Alternatively some newer radio systems have built elevon mixing flaperon mixing functions have used several Futabas line such 6VA 7NFK 7UAF 7UAFS 7UAP 9VP Sliding Tray Mixer Control Setup sliding tray fore-and-aft fonners plywood Drill holes dowel through both formers same time will make holes parallel Cut plywood tray fit both aileron elevator servos Push dowels formers slide red outer Nyrod over dowel push other former onto dowels Cement tray place onto Nyrods careful get cement inside Nyrods install servos shown Electronic Mixer Control Setup Use plywood trays mount servos wing epoxy trays flush bottom wing after sheeting Grind hole top center wing use piece piano wire hook bent end tunnel out servo lead lead easily fished through piece string Final Assembly Install landing gear engine fuel tank radio components Hook up controls check make sure no binding Check make sure aircraft balances level slightly nose down location indicated plans approximately inch behind leading edge wing no fuel tank Control throws put much can get use what need 3A- inchofup down left right fine Remember control like light switch oft its like dimmer switchuse oaly much pressure stick need make what want Set nose wheel height resting flat surface leading edge wing higher trailing edge measured hinge line trailing edge elevons arc set inch up transmitter trim neutral Check surfaces proper motion Remember left aileron command results left elevon going up right going down up-elevator command results both elevons going up Hying Flight performance very smooth graceful model gives feeling its extension yourself air seems always right thing often before command Are thumbs quicker eye Bill Winter once said does Simitar what want before tell Does read mind Remember safe courteous other fliers have funand tight turns Bill Evans 454 Wildrose Lu Bishop CA 93514 August1997 11 Right side fuselage has firewall former attached Sides up bottom squares cowl cheeks place Construction fuselage shell complete Final shaping sanding next Interior view fuselage shows placement throttle nose wheel servos
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/08
Page Numbers: 8, 9, 10, 11
I 09 Slow Motion third Slow Motion design 21St Century Simitar Series times Im asked no horizontal stab elevator flying wing concept reply Performance Space Shuttle Concorde SR-7 1 Blackbird B-2 bomber flying wings have proven performance makes tops class Likewise Simitar series RC models have top-of-the-line performance no tip stall directional stability wider speed range tighter turns Thoughts ideas give inspiration design new Simitar aircraft come directions first Slow Motion 15-40 Model Aviation January 1987 began Bill Winter telling would like have slow-flying Simitar Before long Senior Slow Motion board inspired fact plans sold first Slow Motion larger 40-60 size needed Senior Slow Motion published October 1993 MA 09 Slow Motion development began sent prototype Coxs first 09 true muffler speedcontrolled carburetor Now what put Thoughts began stir Size weight Which wing Tail-dragger tricycle gear came conclusion ideal wing 48/2-inch span version used original Simitar RCM December 1976 fuselage type next item decide just matter scaling down original Slow Motion using tn-gear system Senior Sb Mo getting program After momentous decisions set work About hour fuselage construction another couple hours wing 8 Model Aviation pe RO Sport Wingspan 48 inches Engine 09- 10 two-stroke Functions Elevons throttle steerable nose wheel Flying weight 40 ounces Construction Balsa foam Covering/finish MonoKote author 09 Slow Motion test field near Bishop CA altitude 10000 feet no problem says Bill six eight hours covering final assembly just cant cover install components faster Finally moment truth test flight Once engine dialed its proper performance takeoff routine Climb altitude couple mistakes safe loops rolls split-Ss Cuban eights inverted flight usual Simitar landing throttle responsive usual model behaved well over good speed range CONSTRUCTION Wing For cut foam may order cores Soaring Research 454 Wildrose Lane Bishop CA 93514 Cores $18 shipping $7 sure wing panels flat straight use weights core flat surface necessary Cement I/ balsa trailingedge spars trailing edges Use carpenters glue type cyanoacrylate CyA glue will attack foam regular CyA will work Set aside dry Fuselage Cut pieces place pin top flat work surface Mark location firewall bulkhead top sides Pin re longerons place 1/8 inch edge use side guide Curve longerons fuselage width wing/elevon hinge location centerline fuselage tail Glue place applying thin CyA inside edge longerons CyA will run under longerons Pin side top pin firewall former place against top side CyA side top firewall former sure curve side center rear Pin second side position CyA place Pin glue re bottom longerons place against sides Pin glue square strips around back side firewall Sand bottom edges sides flush bottom longerons Pin glue front fuselage bottom place Add Y8 balsa bottom Carve plane sand bottom rear top rear taper established sides Round coruers per plan apply sandpaper needed Plane sand leading edge undercaps trailing edge August 1997 9 Cox Tee Dee 09 Fl/C used original model third smallest Slow Motion seriesA Cox rear-exhaust 15 can provide some extra top end spars sheeting will fit over sand away core Sheet wings used Corefllm apply 1/16 sheeting leading edges trailing edges center section Sand leading edge sheeting flush undercap pm cement leading edge cap leading edge Apply 1A6 x trips two-inch centers end inboard sheeting tip wing Shape sand leading edge leading edge bottom nearly flat leading edge top curve fairly steep round leading edge maximum radius 2 inch desirable Apply wingtips carve sand airfoil shape Finish-sand wing panels join five-minute epoxy Fit elevons wing used X Hinges attach elevons use mechanicai elevon mixing form install elevon control rods before attach elevons Cut cement end-grain balsa wing bolt location guard against crushing wing its bolted fuselage Fit ood wing plate leading edge wing center section Set wing wing plate place fuselage check fit before gluing wing plate place Using waxed greased temporary ls set wing plate place align glue plate wing five-minute epoxy Place hardwood gear blocks correct location bottom wing mark area remove sheeting foam blocks flush sheeted bottom wing surface Glue place fiveminute epoxy Sand cover wing use electronic devon mixing install ood servo plates flush bottom surface wing remove foam servo pocket prior covering bottom wing Complete sand cover vertical fin Complete sand cover ngular fm fillets Cover wing fuselage epoxy vertical fin fuselage epoxy fillets fm fuselage new concept Simitar series explanation control-surface function component installation may helpful Sirnitar requires pitch elevator roll aileron functions perfect flight Except Pattern flying rudder required Simitar control surfaces elevons serve ailerons elevators essence consider control surfaces full-strip ailerons counter-actuate provide aileron control also actuate simultaneously provide elevator control means some form mixing neededby mechanical electronic means best mechanical method use sliding tray servos tray set up would strip ailerons second servo elevator its control arm attached stationary bulkhead front tray will slide tray fore-and-aft give elevator function Electronic mixing can provided radio 10 Model Aviation aliphatic-resin glue plenty pins attach balsa leading edge undercap trailing edge spar wing panel Mark cores capstrips inboard sheeting sheet wings top bottom Pin elevon trailing edge wing iron X-hinge both sides wing built-in mixing using Aces Christy Mixer Quillan Mixer plug between servos receiver Both mixers work very well $25-$45 price range Alternatively some newer radio systems have built elevon mixing flaperon mixing functions have used several Futabas line such 6VA 7NFK 7UAF 7UAFS 7UAP 9VP Sliding Tray Mixer Control Setup sliding tray fore-and-aft fonners plywood Drill holes dowel through both formers same time will make holes parallel Cut plywood tray fit both aileron elevator servos Push dowels formers slide red outer Nyrod over dowel push other former onto dowels Cement tray place onto Nyrods careful get cement inside Nyrods install servos shown Electronic Mixer Control Setup Use plywood trays mount servos wing epoxy trays flush bottom wing after sheeting Grind hole top center wing use piece piano wire hook bent end tunnel out servo lead lead easily fished through piece string Final Assembly Install landing gear engine fuel tank radio components Hook up controls check make sure no binding Check make sure aircraft balances level slightly nose down location indicated plans approximately inch behind leading edge wing no fuel tank Control throws put much can get use what need 3A- inchofup down left right fine Remember control like light switch oft its like dimmer switchuse oaly much pressure stick need make what want Set nose wheel height resting flat surface leading edge wing higher trailing edge measured hinge line trailing edge elevons arc set inch up transmitter trim neutral Check surfaces proper motion Remember left aileron command results left elevon going up right going down up-elevator command results both elevons going up Hying Flight performance very smooth graceful model gives feeling its extension yourself air seems always right thing often before command Are thumbs quicker eye Bill Winter once said does Simitar what want before tell Does read mind Remember safe courteous other fliers have funand tight turns Bill Evans 454 Wildrose Lu Bishop CA 93514 August1997 11 Right side fuselage has firewall former attached Sides up bottom squares cowl cheeks place Construction fuselage shell complete Final shaping sanding next Interior view fuselage shows placement throttle nose wheel servos
