A glider rule: feeding in down elevator can cure a lot of problems. (In otherwords, keep the fuselage horizontal or nose down, avoid letting it get nose up). >about a quarter of the way up, I began to panic >because the wind was pushing the plane so hard Whenever you start getting into trouble on a hi-start, feed in down elevator (first). This will cure most of the problems encountered during a high start (like severe yaws or "kiting" caused by too much AOA). >I immediately tried turning the highlander upwind, but >it just kept being blown downwind. Same "fix", point the nose down a bit (gain airspeed) to get the model to respond to control inputs. Again, most "downwind" problems are due to the pilot feeding in too much up elevator in an attempt to slow the model down since it appears to be moving fast, but this is ground speed, not airspeed. Lack of control repsonse is usually due to insufficient air speed. Again, dropping the nose helps here. If conditions are gusty, I dive my gliders a bit to setup for landings, coming in fast and maintaining increased air speed until the model is about 3 feet or less above the ground before letting it bleed off speed and land. Most polyhedrals are setup with positive pitch stability (the model will nose up out of a dive on it's own). This means you can usually corner without any up elevator input. The model will pick up airspeed on it's own until there's enough dowforce at the tail to coordinate the turn. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
