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Scratch Built Collective Pitch Hornet Hybrid V2

Part 4 - Servos

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As in V1 the servos on this model are lying in a horizontal plane grouped around the mainmast.

The servoplate itself is raised 10mm above the top plate of the chassis to give sufficient clearance from the tailboom to prevent most strikes

 
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This picture shows the servos fixed in position with servo tape.

To begin with I used poor quality tape to allow ease of removal after mechanically centring servo arms on first fire up of the electronics. This cannot be done with this layout without removing two of the servos.

 
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With the servos in place the swashplate can be hooked up

 
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The head can then be trial fitted