Re: [RCSE] flying 4 axis

2001-02-06 Thread tailheavy
ATS or automatic thermal switch (throttle on EP gliders, as Bob Ross would say 'it's a happy little advantage') RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] flying 4 axis

2001-02-06 Thread Greg Nuspel
The only thing I could see as fourth axis is spoilers. Greg RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] flying 4 axis

2001-02-06 Thread Bill Swingle
This is confusing. I see it as: 3 axis's. The plane can move in any of the axis's. It can also rotate around any of the axis's. Movement and rotation. Or, translation and rotation. Whatever, I see it as 6 degrees of freedom on 3 axis's. I think this applies best to the freestyle helicopter flyin

Re: [RCSE] flying 4 axis

2001-02-06 Thread FRED SAGE
Michael; For helicopters the fourth axis (probably more appropriately called control) is "collective". It's used to control the pitch of the main rotor blades, usually from about a positive 20 degrees to a negative 10 degrees. The throttle is normally slaved to the collective control with

Re: [RCSE] flying 4 axis

2001-02-06 Thread Karlton Spindle
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Raymond Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] flying 4 axis > Er...what's the forth axis? All my planes have only 3 (pitch, yaw, and roll). &