Spring Mod For TM Warthawg

[AG-51_Glider]

Ah my young Padawan you are assuming that just because I am not online at the appropriate times that I am not flying 

It is more of a time that I am available at the moment. I just finished CERT Training and the first 1/2 of my EMR. That means that I should be available on Thursdays starting this week. I am also working on getting back into soaring and visited the Willamette Valley Soaring Club this weekend and will be at Evergreen Soaring Club this Saturday. I have been flying on my own using the practice missions when I can... usually Wednesdays but I am also spending more time in the Condor soaring sim getting readied up. I need to make some reconfiguration with my cockpit as well that I have been working out.

Plus it is the time of the year when it is sunny when I get home and the weather is such that you can wear short sleeves without a raincoat. Have sailing, kayaking, soaring, flyfishing, and all of the other outdoor things to do while the getting is good. However at least Thursdays are looking good now. 

[AG-51_Cobraj]

[AG-51_Thud]

So, you remove it from that pedestal when you fly other aircraft?  I was thinking of building a pedistal for my Rhino so that I can use that configuration.

[AG-51_Glider]

I ordered the 20cm black extension. Should be here next week. Make it as close as possible to a real stick length. More throw will certainly help with finesse and I am really looking forward to trying it out in the Huey.

[AG-51_Razor]

You won't regret it! Just make sure that you can comfortably rest your wrist on your leg while in flying position. 

[AG-51_Fireball]

Here's Razor's posts from last year about the Warthog spring mod we were talking about last night. This one involves removing the main spring from the Warthog, and repositioning the 4 smaller springs. The Youtube video seems to have disappeared from the link in the original post, but it's this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBMBR8M0z2E

I've really like that setup for helicopter flying, and if I was going to fly helicopters exclusively I'd probably leave it like that. But I think for a mixture of helicopter and fixed-wing flying, the extension is probably the way to go. I ordered a 10 cm extension from here:

https://warthog-extensions-by-sahaj.com

There's also a picture somewhere in this thread of Razor's PVC pipe used for the Warthog base. Mine is very similar, I used slightly different top and bottom pieces, but the same idea. I also filled the whole PVC pipe with small river rocks to make it super stable, probably not necessary.

[AG-51_Kaydo]

Thanks Fireball