On Thursday 24 March 2005 09:34 am, Oleg Golovidov wrote: > Joe, > thanks for sharing your setup tricks. I notice you always use more ail->rud > coupling for thermal modes, both TD and HLG. What do you do during > circling, when you need to give some opposite aileron to counteract the > over-banking tendency? > I always disable ail->rud coupling in thermal mode for that specific > reason. When circling, I use the left stick to give a little "in" rudder > and, of course, the right stick to give a little "out" ailerons. If you > enable high ratio of ail->rud mix during circling, any outside aileron > input will screw up your circle. I use ail->rud coupling in cruise mode, > but as soon as I start circling I turn it off. > > Regards, > Oleg.
I may be incorrect but I thought a properly set up and aerodynamically stable plane shouldn't require "outside" aileron. As soon as you neutralize the ailerons, shouldn't the plane maintain it's bank angle? Maybe in a "perfect" setup but I know a lot of my ships I have had to manually fly this way, too. I always assumed it was due to poor setup (differential, throw volume, rigging, etc) or design. Jim RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
