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Ralph Baker

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Post by Ralph Baker » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:09 am

Mike, we mounted ours on a rectangular plate that had a slight curve to
match the elevator surface. The servo mounted to the plate and then the
plate was attached via nutplates to the elevator. This was done for
maintenance ease and no sealant used. Plan now how you will run the
electric feed and think about how to replace that wiring if it failed.
We ran a small aluminum tube as a wire way in the elevator. Suggest
"sleeving" the all thread that connects the servo and trim tab with
aluminum tubing for appearance and rigidity.
Ralph Baker




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mbetti

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Post by mbetti » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:09 am

On that subject, where abouts does the wire exit the elevator to go to the fuselage? or stab?

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:53:22 -0500, rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:
Mike, we mounted ours on a rectangular plate that had a slight curve to
match the elevator surface. The servo mounted to the plate and then the
plate was attached via nutplates to the elevator. This was done for
maintenance ease and no sealant used. Plan now how you will run the
electric feed and think about how to replace that wiring if it failed.
We ran a small aluminum tube as a wire way in the elevator. Suggest
"sleeving" the all thread that connects the servo and trim tab with
aluminum tubing for appearance and rigidity.
Ralph Baker




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David Ricker

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Post by David Ricker » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:09 am

Mike

We ran the wires out through a hole in the front spar of the elevator via a grommet and it will
go up to the fuselage under or over the fin (I think, we haven't gotten that far yet). I would
cover the wires with heat shrink as they go up to the fuselage.

Cheers,

Dave



mbetti@up.net wrote:
On that subject, where abouts does the wire exit the elevator to go to the fuselage? or stab?

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:53:22 -0500, rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:
Mike, we mounted ours on a rectangular plate that had a slight curve to
match the elevator surface. The servo mounted to the plate and then the
plate was attached via nutplates to the elevator. This was done for
maintenance ease and no sealant used. Plan now how you will run the
electric feed and think about how to replace that wiring if it failed.
We ran a small aluminum tube as a wire way in the elevator. Suggest
"sleeving" the all thread that connects the servo and trim tab with
aluminum tubing for appearance and rigidity.
Ralph Baker




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Mike Betti

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Post by Mike Betti » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:09 am

Would it come out by the control horns/center hinge of the elevator?
Thanks,
Mike Betti
771E
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From: "David Ricker" <ricker@inherentsys.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: trim servo mounting

Mike

We ran the wires out through a hole in the front spar of the elevator via
a grommet and it will
go up to the fuselage under or over the fin (I think, we haven't gotten
that far yet). I would
cover the wires with heat shrink as they go up to the fuselage.

Cheers,

Dave



mbetti@up.net wrote:
On that subject, where abouts does the wire exit the elevator to go to
the fuselage? or stab?
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:53:22 -0500, rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:
Mike, we mounted ours on a rectangular plate that had a slight curve to
match the elevator surface. The servo mounted to the plate and then
the
plate was attached via nutplates to the elevator. This was done for
maintenance ease and no sealant used. Plan now how you will run the
electric feed and think about how to replace that wiring if it failed.
We ran a small aluminum tube as a wire way in the elevator. Suggest
"sleeving" the all thread that connects the servo and trim tab with
aluminum tubing for appearance and rigidity.
Ralph Baker




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David Ricker

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Post by David Ricker » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:09 am

Yep, that's exactly it.

Dave

Mike Betti wrote:
Would it come out by the control horns/center hinge of the elevator?
Thanks,
Mike Betti
771E
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From: "David Ricker" <ricker@inherentsys.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: trim servo mounting
Mike

We ran the wires out through a hole in the front spar of the elevator via
a grommet and it will
go up to the fuselage under or over the fin (I think, we haven't gotten
that far yet). I would
cover the wires with heat shrink as they go up to the fuselage.

Cheers,

Dave



mbetti@up.net wrote:
On that subject, where abouts does the wire exit the elevator to go to
the fuselage? or stab?
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:53:22 -0500, rebel-builders@dcsol.com said:
the
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