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- From: hstroyan@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Howard Stroyan)
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 18:02:09 GMT
- Subject: Re: Switching to Ailerons -- How easy?
- Message-ID: <7900032@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
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- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- References: <1992Aug17.205424.27800@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- In rec.models.rc, tod@cs.washington.edu (Tod Amon) writes:
-
- > Any words of wisdom on switching from a a polyhedral based glider
- > to my almost finished Chuperosa with 7032 and ailerons? How easy
- > is it to make a fatal mistake when just learning to fly with
- > ailerons? After putting so many hours into my new plane, you'd be
- > right if you thought I was a bit nervous to actually go fly it!
-
- One note about ailerons on a glider vs. a powered trainer.
- With a trainer ailerons will almost always have to expected effect
- of turning (rolling) the plane in the direction of the control
- input. It is very tempting and easy to forget about coordinated
- turns (that is, inputting matched amounts of aileron and rudder)
- and just fly it on the ailerons alone. This catches up to you when
- you land. During the low speeds of landing the ailerons can lose
- responsiveness and the rudder is required. Also its impossible to
- steer with ailerons once on the ground.
-
- With a glider things can be a bit different. Using the ailerons
- with out coordinated rudder input can induce an adverse yaw
- (roll in the horizontal plane) in the opposite direction of the
- control input. So if you feel the plane wants to twist out away from
- the turn, give it a little rudder to bring it in line.
-
- Another difference with a glider is that ailerons and rudder are
- equally as effective for taxing once on the ground :-).
-
- --
- Howard Stroyan
- Hewlett-Packard hstroyan@fc.hp.com
- User Interface Technology Division
-