The Raptor Glider is now completed; set up, tested and ready to roll. While it goes together pretty well, there are a few items worth noting.
There are two pairs of servo housings provided for aileron and flap; as well as covering the servos they also double as servo mounts, with the servo screwing directly onto them. However, being supplied in pairs, this causes a problem for the flaps as the operation becomes mirrored; necessary for ailerons but not for flaps. My solution was to install a servo-reverser, substituted for one of the flap servo extension cables.On the subject of extension cables, the rear of the fuselage, where the extension cables plug into the Y-cables, is very small area due to the sharply tapering fuselage. In order to accommodate the plethora of wiring, I had to feed all excess length of the servo extensions back into the wing cavity. Even then there was just sufficient room to fit the bulky Y-cables and connectors.
The lack of room here is also a casualty of the general layout; while the ESC generally fits neatly under the battery tray, due to the Raptor's battery tray being so low-slung, there's barely enough room for the cables to run underneath. As a result, the ESC sits aft of the battery tray, where I'd usually site the receiver and, because I want the receiver away from the battery and ESC, this got relocated in the back of the fuselage, where the cables would usually be sitting...
With a 2200mAh 3S lipo up front, the weight distribution is virtually spot on, with space to move the battery a little forward to make it slightly nose-heavy if you need.
So, everything's fitted and functional, just waiting for a trip to the field...
