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ronin4740 wrote:Avoid the pylons!

Chris

But not by too much!

Jim katz's sweet pea, most likely. Maybe he'll see this and respond. His friend Mike Langlois was flying the other one I believe.

Thanks, Randy!

I was under the impression that the racing rules said for a single servo on a single surface ( like elevator, rudder) you were supposed to use servos with 4 mounting screws, not two. In the case of redundant surfaces or servos, two screw servos were ok.

Are the EF1 rules different with that regard?

Mine didn't fit so well either. I had to shorten the "hook" part of the little ply tabs at the rear, so you don't have to slide the canopy so far forward to unhook it. Also I gently pried the canopy loose from the front former, trimmed the lite ply canopy floor sides where they were wider than the f...

I've been using the Castle Creations Ice Lite 75's in my EF1. I think now they have the "edge lite" 75 to replace the ICE series.

I'm putting one together now (a Shoestring) and used A7020 thin digital wing servos (Spektrum) for the ailerons, and A5030 mini-digitals for the rudder / elevator. The 5030's are pretty inexpensive, to boot. My Pogo used JR Sport MN48's on the rudder, elevator, and ailerons. So far no issues with th...

Nice, Barry - class act!

I'd suggest reading through this thread on RC Groups.. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1417305 In the high performance section of RC Groups' forums, you can find many threads on various EF1 planes, motors, etc. I started with a Horizon LR-1A Pogo, now flying a couple of kit-built pla...