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Here I’ve added some pictures of the Aquila Grande I built this past spring. From looking through my Flight Log, I see I tossed it to the Sky on April 21.

On May 3rd I had it packed and it was on it’s way to Tucson, Arizona have a look here for some added info

RTF weight 1.5 KG 53 oz

The new Owner Tom PM’d me later and added this

Finally took the AQ out today. First flight was down wind and the CG was too far back. Added nose weight and second flight off my high start resulted in a 45 minute ride. You did a fabulous job building this model. The airframe is true and the wings are light. Next ride was over 20 minutes off of a winch and mono line. Came down for water. It was 101F.  Your AQ has a good home. Best regards, Tom

Aquila Grande
Just off the covering bench, and out for 1st exposure to sun light
Pretty Bird

Underside, I added some contrasting colors, I was asked If I used the ends from various colors, but no, just wanted some contrast

Under the hood, the drive train and engines so to speak. Typical RES setup for these “old school” Sailplanes. Three servos, and dial chord actuated spoilers..

More modern ships will see the spoiler servos in the wings, as they are a lot lighter then the standard servos. I  like  this spoiler setup, and have overcome the problem others have with equal actuation of both spoilers with a cam on one post on the servo.

If you look closely, I’ve taken a servo eyelet, brass sleeve and soldered on a little piece of brass that then gives the eyelet a oblong, cam shape..

By rotating this prior to tightening it to the servo arm you can take up the slack in one of the dial cords.