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torquen · 05-05-2006, 01:42 PM

Craig, your plane looks awesome!! I really like the blue and red mixing together. Your going to have one hell of an airplane.

When we were designing the plane we decided not to put counter ballances on the elevators because the full scale one did not have them. We made sure that the elevators were big enough not to need them. A couple of years ago there was some people fussing about a 260 that had counter ballances in a competition. I think that the pilot and builder had to make new stabs and elevators to quit the complaining. So we thought it would be best to make them as scale as possible so people could not protest. The rules might have changed by now but I'm not sure.
Garrett Morrison

05-05-2006, 01:42 PM	#26
torquen Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lodi, Ca. USA Posts: 1,119	Re: Aviation Models 40% Extra 260 Build thread Craig, your plane looks awesome!! I really like the blue and red mixing together. Your going to have one hell of an airplane. When we were designing the plane we decided not to put counter ballances on the elevators because the full scale one did not have them. We made sure that the elevators were big enough not to need them. A couple of years ago there was some people fussing about a 260 that had counter ballances in a competition. I think that the pilot and builder had to make new stabs and elevators to quit the complaining. So we thought it would be best to make them as scale as possible so people could not protest. The rules might have changed by now but I'm not sure. Garrett Morrison