ADDING AILERONS

After all my troubles with the elevator, I did some glide tests at my (flat field) club
and found the elevator fine, but rudder control very sluggish. Because of this, and my intention
to aerotow the EasyGlider I decided not to head for the slope just yet. First I wanted to add ailerons.
To get an idea of size and placement I put my metal ruler on the wing.

Well, waddaya know? Looking good. So, the contours were drawn and servo placement decided according
to the time honored TLAR method (That Looks About Right).

With a fresh blade I cut out the foam, bevelled the LE of the ailerons, and fibertaped them in place.

I potted two HS55 servos, and led the wiring towards the root, using light weight spackle
to even out the wing.

Some homemade liteply control horns where made and epoxied in place. A z-bend made on one side
of the pushrod, and Dubro EZ connectors on the servoarm.

The servo wires are led to the root's LE and I made a hole in the rear wall of the cockpit,
to allow the servo wires to come in. A standard Y-cable was used for the servos. This is way
too much wiring to be stuffed away, so a custom job is in the planning stages. But for the time
being it'll do. Two Rare Earth magnets where embedded in both wingroots to keep the wing in place.

Now all I need is about 10-15Mph Western wind, time to go flying and those things
to coincide on the same day...