Is there a way to mechanically mix a v-tail for a skeeter without compromising too much weight, or $?
————————————- There sure is. I have used a simple sliding tray for years and have never had a problem. The gist of it goes like this. Servo #1 is hard mounted in fuse. A second servo is mounted such that the fixed servo #1 can slide it back and forth in the fuse. A pushrod runs from each side of the sliding servo to the tail surfaces. Thus when you ask for elevator, #1 slides #2 back and forth, moving the tail surfaces in unison. When you ask for rudder, #2 rotates, pushing one pushrod and pulling the second. The tail surfaces now operate opposite each other affecting rudder control. As for the mounting of the sliding servo, I have always used small scraps of servo rails glued to short sections of roughed up outer pushrod sleeves. These slide on sections of inner rod, mounted to the fuse via light balsa bulkheads, usually half height or less. Remember that in a hard landing the shock of servo #2 is taken by the mounting and gear train of servo #1. Thus the mount
