Another Wltoys F949 board project is under way, I handed over my friend's elmira glider last night for him to fit his radio gear, so a new project was required.
One of my favourite slope soarers is the Ridge Runt, I spent many hours flying on Conic hill, above Balmaha. I always watched the hill walkers heading up the hill, without a plane?! Lol. I liked the walk up, and got to fly when I got up there, added bonus.
The Ridge Runt featured a T tail, with the elevator operated by a snake, sadly I have never found snakes suitable for this size of radio gear, so I had a challenge right from the start. I have managed it, using pushrods and a small bellcrank at the rear of the fuselage. It works nice moving it by hand, I am waiting on a pair of F949 boards arriving from China, this will let me finish off my radio installation. Progress has been fairly quick so far, a lot of time has been spent working out how the radio gear is going to operate. I have ailerons to work out now, this is proving to be the hardest bit of the whole build. I would like to have the wing fold in the middle like the elmira but havent worked out how yet. Also, the tiny servos only have a single arm output, just to complicate things even more. There isnt much space for the arm on the other side anyway as the elevator servo is very close, its possible, but tight, my friend managed it with one of his planes, but it was all external, I want all my stuff inside, out of the draught.
Also shown is a dummy F949 board and servos that I made up for easier size checking and control planning. Definately helps and doesnt have any wires to get in the way. I just need to remember and allow space for the wires of the real one.
Elevator is sewn on, my favourite method for these little planes. This is another plane that I made a tiny version of to be carried around on a quadcopter, its not exactly 'flying', but it is in the air, and looks better than a bare quadcopter.