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Thunder Tiger Victoria
Transom Eyelet
Modification
As
provided by Thunder Tiger, the transom eyelet has very high friction and
consequently puts an unnecessarily high burden on the sail servo. While
passing through the eyelet, the sail sheet needs to turn two sharp
corners. A simple solution is to use the eyelet as a mount for a bent
piece of wire that has much lower friction. Prior to installing a high
torque sail servo, the standard servo could barely haul in the sails
even with no wind load.
Use two pairs of needle nose pliers to
form a piece of 0.078" (5/64") wire into the shape shown.
After forming the wire, spread the ends far enough apart to insert them
into the eyelet, and then squeeze the ends together. Be sure not to
tighten so much that the wire is not free to pivot in the eyelet.
As
provided by Thunder Tiger, the transom eyelet has very high friction and
consequently puts an unnecessarily high burden on the sail servo. While
passing through the eyelet, the sail sheet needs to turn two sharp
corners. A simple solution is to use the eyelet as a mount for a bent
piece of wire that has much lower friction. Prior to installing a high
torque sail servo, the standard servo could barely haul in the sails
even with no wind load.
