All, I have wing panels I've been bagging for a slope ship. Have been doing just ailerons up until now. I want to do flaps and ailerons on the latest set I'm getting ready to finish.
Previously I have been using a brass tube with the end sharpened and notched to produce teeth for cutting the wire channels. I've been using a crude guide, while twisting the rod, to control the location and path of the cut. This method has worked fine where the servo pockets are relatively close to the root of the panel, say 4 or 5 inches. Now I have a need to go out about 15 inches for the aileron cavities. Haven't tried the above mentioned method but feel I need some better approach for the aileron runs. The panels are semi thin, about 1/2" so I need to control the channel location so not to runout on the top or bottom surface before getting to the servo cavity. Also need to hit the cavity somewhat accurately in the chordwise direction too. I would rather not cut open the bottom surface of the wing to run wire, and then have to patch it. I've seen very nice, accurate channels cut/burned in bought stuff. Now how do they do it??? Anyone have a slick way of accurately cutting or burning channels in pre-bagged panels?? Thanks for any advice, RB RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
