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Giant Scale – Control Linkage Solutions

A perfectly trimmed aircraft boils down to the proper setup. Here, Jack Buckley’s beautiful clipped-wing Cub performs a touch-and-go.
When building a giant-scale airplane, you don’t want any guesswork with your linkages. The all-important connections between our servo and the control surfaces are absolutely tied to the length of our aircraft’s lifespan. There are several common linkage methods. You can use a solid pushrod of a rather short length for a direct control setup and, for longer distances, you can use a rigid carbon tube or insert a flexible pushrod into a guide sleeve...

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