Haha! Yeah., actually I have.
A kid came up to the slope and asked me to test fly his Zagi (his first plane). I
moved the stick up and down and noticed that only
one elevon moved. Moving the stick left and right did nothing. The radio was not a
computer radio or a Hitec 3 channel, so I told
the kid he would need an onboard mixer to move the other elevon. "Oh no," he said
confidently, "you use the other stick for that!"
Sure enough, he had the left stick set up to move the elevon on the left wing. Push
both sticks forward to go down, pull both back
to go up, and move them in opposite directions to roll. I guess its what you'd call
biological mixing. Anyway, I did not want to
fly it that way, so the kid threw it off himself. He actually mananged to fly for
about 30 seconds before crashing (no damage).
I gotta give the kid credit for enginuity. With enough practice you might be able to
get a system like that to work, but I hope he
got a better raido.
BTW, I've also heard you can accomplish non-electronic mixing by holding the radio at
a 45 degree angle.
Doug Turner wrote:
> I have been cutting a few EPP flying wings for my brother-in-law and his
> buddies. Apparently one of his friends has a 4 channel radio with no mixing
> so he set up the radio with one elevon controlled by the left throttle stick
> and the other elevon with the right stick. They said they couldn't wait to
> get a mixer. I guess they are flying it tank driver style. I may have to
> give that a try sometime just to see if I can do it. I grew up on a farm
> and I used to drive a hay swather like that, but I couldn't drive it
> straight to save my life. Maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea......
>
> Anyone tried this before?
>
> Doug
>
> "Insert cheesy slogan here"
>
> RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and
>"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and
"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
