Joe Wurts wrote:
Another item that I do that doesn't seem to be typical, is that I always have my elevator to camber mixing active. It is nice to have more lift capability when I pull some elevator, regardless of which flight mode I'm in.
The elevator to camber mix working the full TE is something a lot of folks usually have a problem tuning the travels on. When I set up a model, one of the earliest things I do is make sure I can get the entire TE of the wing moving in unison up at least 5 degrees and down 15 degrees. The 9303 is a little more forgiving in this area because of how it sets launch preset. It only needs to work around the +/- 5 degree area.
Some users of the 8103, 3xx, 7xx type radios sometimes find that there is not enough mix from flaps to the ailerons and the ailerons don't move enough to match the flap travel. This is a result of the differences in linkages for moving ailerons vs getting 90 degrees on the flaps. One trick to work around that limit is to increase aileron travel. To avoid the aileron becoming too sensitive, set the dual rates to less than 100 to back down the travel from your stick inputs. Usually you can add 20% to your aileron travel limits and then set the dual rate setting to 80%.
Don't be afraid to try the down elevator to reflex side of things. Some airfoils can benefit from a fairly substantial amount of reflex with down elevator. Way more than you would ever imagine.
The other mix I often find missing is using the flaps as ailerons. The flaps should be moving with the ailerons at 30-50% of the aileron travel.
If you get the ailerons and flaps moving together and put in elevator to camber mixing, you will be amazed at how much nicer your model flies.
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
