Here's another view of the HK waterproof servo... and it's also prep-work for my future as a hand model. Annnyyhow... the HK WP servo is a little taller than a standard Futaba, but only a few mm. In this case, it's enough that my printed MAV-2 holder is not holding the horn in alignment with the pushbuttons. Time to print another, a little tweaked And next, getting the rudders hooked up! One pushrod is straight, the other I made with a 'V' in the middle so that I could easily tweak the length without having to make multiple pushrods trying to get the rudders aligned. You want to do the V so that it's aligned in the horizontal plane... keeps it from rubbing on the deck! In any case, I am slightly thrilled with the results. Now, to get the rest of the boat done so that I can experiment with different rudder profiles! Oh, and I painted the underside of the decks with West System epoxy to waterproof them because next weekend, I start mounting the guns!! ...speaking of which... (ja, I know that they still need the uptubes, but there is method to my madness. Well, at least in this case, there is.)
It is capable:-D I am a 10ga noodle wire user. 12ga on the "little" stuff. I usually use ESCs rated for 125-150% of the stall current of my motors.
I spent a few minutes beginning to pin each of the joints between the rib reinforcement and the subdeck. Going fairly smoothly EDIT: A pic of very small dowels in their new homes, pinning the rib reinforcements to the subdeck.
