I haven't had first hand experience with carbon pushrods but I would
guess that you could also run the risk of stripping a servo with a
stiffer linkage if you failed to retract the flaps on landing again.
It's cheaper to replace or fix the pushrod instead of a wing servo.
Mike
On Apr 3, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Robert P Buxton wrote:
Open Question to the group: Has anyone had experience (good or bad)
with using carbon fiber push rods for their aileron & flap servo
linkage. This past season, due to slow thumb response at that
critical moment of retracting flaps just before touch down, I was
bending the flap push rods (bottom hinged, linkage on top of flap,
servo arm on bottom of wing. Carbon fiber rods would give stiffness/
rigidity but would they be prone to breakage? This set up was/and is
on a F3J 144" Shadow. All comments and suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Regards,
Robert
Robert P Buxton
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