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StRaNgEdAyS

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Northern NSW Australia
I'm probably one of the fussiest people I know when it comes to some things.
One of those things is the way I want my plane to look. I know the usual method of linking the control surfaces on smaller craft, be they either cable or rod driven, is by draggy looking horns, that poke out from the nice clean lines of the wing.:ermm:
I thought about this problem for a while, I just know I hate the idea of a nice clean sleek looking plane like the one I am designing having pokey protruding control horns. :wail:
So I sat and I tinkered, and I thunk a bit more, and I came up with this, It's designed to sit inside the trailing edge, attached to the pivot axis of the control surface. :D
It will actually be housed completely inside a box to prevent fouling of the gears and to hold them securely, and the control rod will attach directly to the longer end. As drawn it gives a total of 120 degrees of movement, which is more than enough for most surfaces.
The unit itself is small, standing 2.5" x 0.5" and being about 6" long. Made from stainless steel components, housed in an alloy box, it will undoubtably weigh a little more than a standard hookup, but for this small improvement in the aesthetics, I'm willing to take the extra.
What do you all think? is this a do-able idea, and if so, has someone already thought of it, saving me the trouble of making them?
 

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