Monday, November 13, 2006

A close-up of the servo installation in the Genesis. Two spruce cross pieces are glued into the fuselage, and the servos are held in with screws.

I originally tried mounting the servos in the wing, but I could not get the controls to operate properly with the elevon mixing feature on the transmitter.

I had to replace the "X" shaped servo arms with the long arms (with one arm cut off) in order to get enough travel on the elevons. These arms come with the servos, and are also available as a spare part.
The control rods and the rest of the hardware came with the kit.


This is the Genesis Sailplane under construction. It was built from the Peck-Polymers kit, and will be radio controlled. The elevons have already been covered in white silkspan, but will not be permanently attatched until covering and painting is complete. The radio gear consists of a Hitech Focus 3 FM tranmitter, and FMA Direct M5v2 Sub Micro receiver, and two Hitech HS-55 servos.

 Baby Biplane The plans for this were featured in Flying Models magazine a few years ago. It was originally designed for the K&B Infant ...