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e-Century Hummingbird - Swift > Swift - a few things to watch out for...
 
 
SRH990
Key Veteran
Location: Birmingham, UK

I think the pictures in the manual actually show the servo mounted in two different way!

Steve -Trex 600, Swift, Raptor 550E, 450SE, Mini Titan, Hurricane 550, Logo 5003D
03-26-2006 Over year old.
 
 
helijohn
Senior Heliman
Location: UK - Birmingham

I have to admit I nearly always do it my way with tail servos anyway but some good guidance would be better.
03-26-2006 Over year old.
 
 
helijohn
Senior Heliman
Location: UK - Birmingham

Right, here is the promised image to show where the pushrod guide is:
03-27-2006 Over year old.
 
 
helijohn
Senior Heliman
Location: UK - Birmingham

And here we see that I can't get the pushrod inboard enough with the servo arm in a horizontal plane. However, I prefer this as at least the servo arm is parallel to the rudder arm. Strewth, I thought I'd cleaned off the nitro muck.
03-27-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Dennisu
Veteran
Location: Surrey, B.C. Canada

helijohn

Where did you get that landing gear? Looks much stronger than stock.
03-27-2006 Over year old.
 
 
helibad
Senior Heliman
Location: Cameron Park, CA

Helijon v. Wedge's pushrod setup

Sorry Helijohn, but in your quest for a "Linear" control movements, you've created too much lateral (Diagnal?) direction in the pushrod set-up. The way Wedge ran his is much straighter & closer to making the pushrod 90 degrees at the tail slider.

Gotta put my vote for the Wedge set-up.
03-27-2006 Over year old.
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wedge
Elite Veteran
Location: Victoria BC, Canada

Thanks helibad I was about to say the same thing, you can see Helijohn's pushrod runs at quite an angle to the boom.

Victoria BC, Canada, Century Swift,Trex SA 450, Hummingbird V3.
03-27-2006 Over year old.
 
 
wedge
Elite Veteran
Location: Victoria BC, Canada

I went and looked at mine again, and the servo arm is square with the bellcrank, its just pivoting on a different plane then Helijohn's. The way mine is it puts the servo output directly under the boom, which is a straight shot to the bellcrank.

Victoria BC, Canada, Century Swift,Trex SA 450, Hummingbird V3.
03-27-2006 Over year old.
 
 
helijohn
Senior Heliman
Location: UK - Birmingham

Yes I agree. I don't particularly like my set up but it does run as a parallelogram, the pity is it isn't a rectangle with it's 90 degrees which is a subset of the parm. The problem is getting that pushrod close to the boom both ends as well as straight down the middle. Are yours truly parallel or does it fall away from the boom at the servo end?
The landing gear is a Quickuk one. It's tough alright but dunno if you would want the extra weight though as it weighs about 40g more and is a little lower.
03-28-2006 Over year old.
 
 
Dennisu
Veteran
Location: Surrey, B.C. Canada

helijohn

Do you have a model number for the skids or even what heli they are made for?
03-29-2006 Over year old.
 
 
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