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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Curare on June 21, 2015, 11:30:38 PM
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Hey guys, as always, I expect to get shot down for this, but the other night, while cleaning one of my quarter scale planes, I remembered that I'd fitted it with ball raced clevises. At the time of building all the pattern boys were getting their panties in a bunch over these things from MK, (now virtually impossible to get) but hobbyking are doing an M3 sized version, which is pretty heavy duty.
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__9216__Clevis_With_Arms_M3_M2xL24mm_5pcs_bag_.html
Considering those of us who use ball links have at one time or another had the cold day stiffness issues, I would have thought these would have been a good way to go. zero slop and virtually zero friction.
I don't know whether I'd trust them for 20000 flights with a barking ST 60 in front, but a for an electric, where the enviroment is clean (no oil and dirt) and relatively low vibration, why not?
G
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It looks like they are made for a pull pull rudder linkage.
I'm wondering how well the would work on a standard flap horn. Lots of lateral offset, and meant to attach to a threaded rod horn?
Probably wouldn't fit at the elevator in side a narrow fuse well.
Besides this, I think they would work great.
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A few people:)
The clevises I'm using are similar to those, and they're on a plane I built about 8 years ago, and it's had over 500 flights, and believe me, it gets wrung out.
While in bed last night I was imagining the setup, As I see it, it wouldn't be hard to either bend a stanard U flap/stab joiner, and then bind and solder a upright wire, and bind and solder a length of M3 threaded rod to that. If you were really lazy you could probably just thread the upright wire with a die.
I'm currently considering building something new, I might give them a go, and report back. Granted I doubt I'll get 200 flights out of it, let alone 20000!