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Pelagicide
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I got my first quality dlg kit about 2 years ago, but because of health issues and a reluctance to do a bad job on a nice dlg I've only recently gotten serious about starting the build. Originally I was going to pay someone to build it, then I had a very generous and talented builder and pilot who was going to do it for just the cost of shipping it both ways and the cost of any hardware used in the build. Unfortunately an upcoming surgery made me (well, that's my excuse anyway lol) wait to long to ship it to him and he got a paid building commission and 2 others waiting for him to get to them so he doesn't have the time to do any pro-bono builds for me.
The kit I have didn't come with any of the necessary hardware (it's a Maat, not top of the line, but for someone who to this point has only "built" and flown foam ARF's, it's a huge jump in quality and needed skills), and I've just finished getting all of the needed hardware with the exception of aileron servos. The guy who was going to do the build has offered the opinion that I should use KST-08's in the wing and I will most likely use them even though the price put me off when I first saw them. Remember - only done foamies till now. I'd like to mount them on top of the wing with the push rods routed mostly through the wing rather than hang them on the bottom with totally exposed push rods both for aesthetic reasons as well as being more aerodynamic.
I've never done this before and am very leery of attempting it for fear of messing up a really nice wing. My question is can anyone point me to a good build thread that shows how it's done this way and that shows all of the steps? I know the Maat isn't competition DLG but it's light years ahead of the ARF's and scratch builds I've done till now. Thanks and sorry for such a long lead in to the actual question!
The kit I have didn't come with any of the necessary hardware (it's a Maat, not top of the line, but for someone who to this point has only "built" and flown foam ARF's, it's a huge jump in quality and needed skills), and I've just finished getting all of the needed hardware with the exception of aileron servos. The guy who was going to do the build has offered the opinion that I should use KST-08's in the wing and I will most likely use them even though the price put me off when I first saw them. Remember - only done foamies till now. I'd like to mount them on top of the wing with the push rods routed mostly through the wing rather than hang them on the bottom with totally exposed push rods both for aesthetic reasons as well as being more aerodynamic.
I've never done this before and am very leery of attempting it for fear of messing up a really nice wing. My question is can anyone point me to a good build thread that shows how it's done this way and that shows all of the steps? I know the Maat isn't competition DLG but it's light years ahead of the ARF's and scratch builds I've done till now. Thanks and sorry for such a long lead in to the actual question!
