I think I found out why HH put the servos on the bottom, it's easier to adjust the pushrod. With it being on the top of the bottom wing, the top wing kind of gets in the way when trying to trim out the pushrod.

Originally Posted by RTF Thumper

Sweet, wonder why they didn't build it that way. Sur looks like a nice way to protect the servos.

BJ,

Dug this old post out for ya...
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...&postcount=219

slo gonna test this for us??

rc

Originally Posted by RCBABBEL

slo gonna test this for us??

rc

First thing in the morning! Since my beast is all stock, and in good condition now, it should be a good test bed. That and I have a brand new beast to test it against it should be a good time! I will have the results early afternoon tomorrow.

Originally Posted by maukabud

...and I got impatient waiting for the Elmerz to dry...so I can report that two tiny lil dabz of UHU Por (one on each blade) also wrks well.


Even though I have my Hyp batts all done, I just haven't had the opportunity to fly my Beasties much right now...too much RL shite going on.

A few pages back I saw the great convo about larger planes....and I can happily report that my most awesome cul-de-sac flyer right now is my F3P 30" w/s Dualsky Breeze Pro...I *highly* recommend adding an F3P ship to the quiver guyz...it's a blast in outdoor tight spaces...great practice machine...does all the IMAC/pattern moves perfectly (w/ no wind)...but does them in soooper slooow motion. Very kewl!





Bud, slo-mo Bud

Thanks guys!

Hey guys, here's a quick vid of my Beast flight yesterday. It was a great day, little windy but the Beast didn't falter. Great to fly slow when you want and then kick it up when you need it. Love this plane, still one of my favorites.

UMX Beast Slow Patterns and Some Tricks (3 min 15 sec)

I have a quick question on servos....Last nite I was having some great beast flying when I landed and my tailwheel caught a edge in the runway and ripped my rudder off, no big deal, but it also did something to the servo.....Got it cut open this morning, and looking at it with my old eyes, it looks like the white plastic piece the rod hooks into got pulled out of or off of a brass part that is down in the track.....Does this sound familiar to anyone?.....Is there any way to "snap " it back in place?....I tried messing with it some, but I figured I'd check here before I went any further.

...no ones mentioned that KE and high alpha KE flight is much easier to learn and perform going from right to left, due to prop torque/rotation direction.




Bud, mentioning Bud

Originally Posted by Tatonka

I have a quick question on servos....Last nite I was having some great beast flying when I landed and my tailwheel caught a edge in the runway and ripped my rudder off, no big deal, but it also did something to the servo.....Got it cut open this morning, and looking at it with my old eyes, it looks like the white plastic piece the rod hooks into got pulled out of or off of a brass part that is down in the track.....Does this sound familiar to anyone?.....Is there any way to "snap " it back in place?....I tried messing with it some, but I figured I'd check here before I went any further.

Yes, they snap back into place with a little downward pressure.

Upon further examination, it looks like a metal piece pulled out of the servo horn part of servo.....It looks like this metal piece is threaded to ride up and down the threaded rod in the servo.....I just can't tell exactly what is going on here, if this metal piece pulled out of the white plastic horn part or what.....When I plug plane in, that servo just spins, gears are engaging fine.

Originally Posted by Tatonka

Upon further examination, it looks like a metal piece pulled out of the servo horn part of servo.....It looks like this metal piece is threaded to ride up and down the threaded rod in the servo.....I just can't tell exactly what is going on here, if this metal piece pulled out of the white plastic horn part or what.....When I plug plane in, that servo just spins, gears are engaging fine.

Tato,


Is this guide any help to you?
http://www.parkflyingfun.com/ParkZone_linear_servo.html

rc

Originally Posted by tamiyafan1975

Hey guys, here's a quick vid of my Beast flight yesterday. It was a great day, little windy but the Beast didn't falter. Great to fly slow when you want and then kick it up when you need it. Love this plane, still one of my favorites.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3iQKycHCQ

Nice flying tamiya. Looks like you were having some great fun that day.

Originally Posted by maukabud

...no ones mentioned that KE and high alpha KE flight is much easier to learn and perform going from right to left, due to prop torque/rotation direction.




Bud, mentioning Bud

I never thought about it. But I always wondered why my KE's were always easier and looked better going from right to left.

Originally Posted by RTF Thumper

Sweet, wonder why they didn't build it that way. Sur looks like a nice way to protect the servos.

Balance

Originally Posted by RCBABBEL

BJ,

Dug this old post out for ya...
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...&postcount=219

slo gonna test this for us??

rc

I believe he is talking about why they didn't put it under the top wing. Putting it where slo has his shouldn't affect the balance too much it's only the thickness of the wing higher as opposed to being all the way up under the top wing. I'm curious as to how it flies like this myself.

Originally Posted by tominator06

I believe he is talking about why they didn't put it under the top wing. Putting it where slo has his shouldn't affect the balance too much it's only the thickness of the wing higher as opposed to being all the way up under the top wing. I'm curious as to how it flies like this myself.

It would actually be the thickness of the servo going from hung under the wing to sitting on top, a fairly large change of its center point.