The equipment layout is pretty
straight forward. The controller (Castle Creations brushless 25)
sits just forward of the wing, which is also where the battery goes to
get a good balance. The receiver (Hitec 555) is under the wing,
and the servos (two Hitec HS55's) are just aft of the wing.
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Here you can see the battery
installation, along with my hacked motor installation. I used a
motor clamp that I bought from www.aircraft-world.com. The front
bolt is drilled through the main body tube, and the rear is secured
with a zip tie, with the clamp's rear hole just above the main body
tube. This allowed the clamp to angle down and give a good motor
thrust line. The clear thing covering the motor wires is a short
length of fluorescent light protector tube which I got at Home
Depot. It's purpose is to prevent the folding prop from getting
snagged in the wires.
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| The Aerobird Xtreme's tail
seemed tailor made for this application. By drilling two holes
through the tailboom, I was able to easily mount it using the hardware
included with the tail. Be sure to drill your holes perfectly in
line with each other, because a small deviation here will mean big trim
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Here you can see the geometry of
the tail/servo installation. The tail hardware was very
complete, and included a black angle bracket that set the angle of the
tail surfaces, as well as gave the bolts something to screw
into. In my current installation the control rods are
pretty bowed, but they seem able to move the control surfaces
effectively
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