Starflight
Sokol
This is the Sokol from Star Flight in Canada. It's an all molded speed
400 sized
pylon racer. I like the looks of the swept-up wing tips and the T-tail.
It arrived
at my post office packed into a neat styrofoam packing box, suitable
for reshipping.
The pre installed aileron linkage is the best, tightest set of torque
tubes I've ever
seen! All the hardware was included in the kit so all I had to furnish
was epoxy
(and the motor, radio, battery, of course). It took all of a long afternoon
to finish
assemble and balance. I varied from the building instructions by placing
the elevator
servo directly under the trailing edge of the wing and in the fuselage
cutout. I have
the RX installed just in front of that. The battery needs to be slid
all the way
forward and the C.G. came out right on the spot called for in the plans.
Instead of
using a horn to control the elevator surface, I attached a short piece
of the ele.
snake along the elevator trailing edge. The control wire now feeds
up out of the
snake and bends 90 deg. sideways. This short bend slides right into
the small piece
of snake already glued onto the ele. and makes for smooth operation
and easy tail
removal for packing. I use a small piece of blue foam as a spacer to
keep the
battery in place between the motor and the RX.
