Thanks, Gary, I'll look it up
LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:13:04 EST dgbj_at_aol.com writes:
> The Chilton Mini Stick plan is more specifically here:
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> _http://www.indoornews.com/uploads/chilton_ministick.pdf_
> (http://www.indoornews.com/uploads/chilton_ministick.pdf)
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> Thanks for the lead, Bill. This answers a lot of questions.
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> The stick is "sideways"; its greater cross section dimension is
> horizontal.
> The prop hanger is on the right side with 5 degrees of left and
> zero degrees
> down. Banking left would produce a very small down thrust. I
> haven't seen
> it fly, so can't even guess how much.
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> Left thrust offset to the right will produce a left turn and a left
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> sideslip. The left sideslip will produce a right roll. These
> effects will be more
> or less in proportion to torque. So it is a good way to balance
> the left
> torque roll from the motor, while producing a left turn. Having
> the motor off to
> the right may produce a bending of the motor stick to produce a
> little right
> rudder. It requires a very delicate balance to find a setup that
> will
> maintain a consistent flight circle with the torque winding down.
> Relying on only
> right rudder or wing twist may make the circle open up as torque
> winds down.
> Using effects that are proportionate to torque keeps things better
> in
> balance.
>
> Gary Hinze
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LeRoy Cordes
AMA 16974
Chicago, IL
In God We Trust
Received on Tue Feb 13 2007 - 07:09:53 CET