Do you have any more detailed photos of the underside of the Roadkill flyers?
I am having difficulty in envisioning exactly where to place the radio gear, push rods, etc.
Where is the CG?
From : Don Stackhouse
There are some photos in the Roadkill section of our website, but some of
the best, along with some good building and flying hints, are in Paul
Bradley's excellent review of our Roadkill P-51 Mustang on the Ezone at:
http://www.ezonemag.com/articles/2001/jun/roadkill/roadkill.shtml
The other single-motor RK models, such as the Spitfire you're building, all
use a similar radio arrangement.
For photos and hints about the P-38, I recommend Thayer Syme's review of
our RK P-38 in the September issue of R/C Microflight at:
http://www.rcmicroflight.com/sep01/p-38.asp
You'll need a subscription to R/C Microflight to get access to the P-38
review. It's well worth having one if you plan to do more
indoor/backyard/park flying. Just go to:
http://www.rcmicroflight.com
if you need to subscribe.
As far as C/G is concerned, on the Spitfire, Corsair, Me109 and Zero it
should be 1.5" aft of the wing root leading edge.
The C/G for the P-51 Mustang is the same, but because the Mustang has 1/2"
wide triangular extentions at the leading edge of the root, the measurement
is 2" aft of the leading edges of the extentions.
Don Stackhouse
DJ Aerotech
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