Bill,
The model had an anhedral tail. I kept wondering if that had something to do with it...sure did! When I switched to a slightly larger flat tail, it worked SO much better. Times went up a bit and it was just easier to fly. I'm trimming for a straight bunt climb with a left rollout/left glide. A larger one would fly very nicely, I'm sure.
Thanks,
Joshua Finn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Gowen" <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: CatHLG Questions
> Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 16:34:32 -0000
>
>
> If you needed tip washout I think there is some other problem going
> on. Could you post a picture of your glider? What does it weigh?
>
> The basic trim scheme for a flapper is a lot like any other glider.
> Trim the glide first, then throw it fairly hard straight ahead. If the
> incidence is right it will either fly level for a ways and then
> transition to glide or it will climb slightly and then transition. A
> lot of climb means you have too much incidence. If it dives you don't
> have enough incidence.
>
> I fly Cat I gliders in a right-right pattern - mostly because Cat I
> sites are usually too small to fly an S turn at the top. Kurt
> mentioned needing a strong fuse to keep the glider from bunting at
> high speed. I prefer a little bit of bunt in my low celing gliders. It
> gives me a couple of seconds of high speed flight at the top of the
> climb before slowing down to glide speed. Chris Goins Cat I record
> glider had a great bunt at the very top of the site and lost close to
> zero altitude in the transition to glide.
>
> My 49 second flight in the postal was done with a glider that had to
> be launched at about a 100 degree angle (10 degrees past vertical) so
> that the bunt would happen at the right altitude. Unfortunately this
> glider had a lot of flap damage before we went to Kent and it refused
> to cooperate there.
>
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