Henry has a few questions about the Roadkill Camel.
Have you guys flown the Camel with the 700mah LiPo pack and if so how well does it fly and how many cells do you recomend?
From : Don Stackhouse
We have not flown the Camel with the E-tec 700 pack, but we're hoping to very soon, along with the Triplane. Based on our tests of the E-tec 250 and 700 mah Li-poly cells in other Roadkill Series models, I expect that the MPS-1A single motor system in the Camel will do best with a 2-cell pack of the 250 mah cells. The MPS-2A twin-motor system should work extremely well with a 2-cell 700 mah pack, but that pack will probably be too heavy for the single-motor system. If the weather cooperates we should know more about this later this week.
Is it ok to use the HS-55 servos instead of the HS-50, i know weight is critical but 7 grams should not make a difference.
That's the weight of another whole servo. On this class of model that will most definitely make a difference for the single-motor system, although it probably shouldn't be as much of a problem for the MPS-2A system. Still, lighter is better, especially when you don't have a great surplus of wingspan, like the Camel. This is even more true of the Triplane.
A bigger problem is the width of the HS-55. The Camel's servos mount in laser-cut openings in the fuselage, from opposite sides and one above the other. The center distances of the pre-cut mounting screw holes will probably be OK, the corners of the servo openings can be cut out a little for clearance, but the two servos will not have any gap between them. You will need to lock them together with some RTV silicone to keep them from slapping and chafing against each other. Do not use epoxy, C/A, etc., the glue needs to be something you can cut easily to get the servos out for maintenance.
My recommendation is to save the HS-55's for one of our B-17's or an Electra (they don't need the additional servo torque, but they carry weight well and don't have adjacent servo clearance problems), and put a pair of HS-50 or GWS Pico servos in your Camel. Regardless of whether you could make it work with the HS-55's, it will be better with the smaller servos it was originally designed for.
Also do you guys have any web sites to recommend for finding paint schemes, i like to paint my models with "different" schemes instead of what is the norm.
I'm not sure about websites, but there are a number of good books available. Squadron Publications has a "Sopwith Fighters in Action" book with some interesting schemes, and you might try the military aircraft section at your local library. I've attached a copy of the .BMP file I made for the insignias and numbers for the Camel in our web-page photos. This file should also be available soon from the "Downloads" page on our website. It's in the colors of the one flown by Capt. Roy Brown in the Red Baron's last dogfight. The numbers will obviously need to be changed for other Camels, but the roundels should work fine.
Just bring it up in M'sft. "Paint" and print it out on 8.5" x 11" label stock or bond paper.
If you used bond paper, lightly spray the back with 3M 77 spray adhesive, let it dry till just a little tacky, then cover the back with waxed paper. Cut out the insignias, peel off the waxed paper, rub the sticker in place on the model and then go over it with a covering iron. The heat from the iron will soften the spray adhesive enough to make it stick really tight. This is current ly my favorite method for making and attaching stickers.
Don Stackhouse
DJ Aerotech
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