Nice Story, sounds like a lot of fun. I think your heading in the right direction. I launch mine with no elevator or rudder preset.
At 06:59 PM 3/19/2002 +0000, rcbrustee wrote: >I've been flying power R/C on and off since I was a kid, but I can't >remember when I've had a bigger grin on my face while flying! Took >my Sidewinder DLG out for second time today. The first time was on a >cloudy, almost foggy, morning just to try discus launching, which >works great. >... . >(elevator is up about 1/16"), I have to add a considerable amount of >down elevator when I throw it. In the middle of my flying session >today, I even added 15% of down elevator to the preset, which helped >alot. My conclusion is that I should take out some of the nose >weight which will bring my glide elevator trim down and reduce the >excessive pitching up during launch. Am I heading in the right >direction? RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
