Pepsi Chipmunk Build

The ailerons were fitted on Sunday afternoon. With Monday afternoon now "free" I got on and set up the control linkages. The control horn posts were too long by 20mm (they are really for rudders but cheap from ebay - No Miracle posts anywhere ) so had to cut them down.

The control rods are from ally rod which I then die-cut with 3mm threads. Connected up the AR9000 intended for the Pepsi and set up aileron rates and flaps. Will replace ball end nuts with nylock nuts and find some large bore silicon fuel tube for the clevises.

There are a few areas of film that need some fine attention but I will leave them for now after the Chipmunk patch fiasco.... :lol:

Nice work Phil

Nice work Phil I would change the rods for steel or stainless as ally is far to soft from the vibration from the motor,the threads will strip

Thanks Pete for that info. I do have some 3mm carbon rod kits that have steel end connectors to glue on. Would they suffice?

I will retract my ally rods statement Pete. They are steel, the magnet picks them up. :oops:

Not happy with my wing covering either, maybe I am expecting too much? So, going to strip the film off and have another go when my mind set is right.......

Phil, if it was me, I would fly it a few times and let the covering settle down (You are going to get a few more wrinkles in it anyway) and then gently go over it with the covering iron and deal with the worse bits, nobody is going to see the bits of covering you are not happy with when its in the air