On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Bill Gowen wrote:
> One secret to overcoming a floppy tailboom is to make sure that the left
> side of the stab has washin (trailing edge lower than leading edge).
> This will cause the tailboom to twist at the beginning of the flight,
> increasing the amount of stab tilt and also kicking the tail to the
> outside of the left turn that you want.
Interesting. I have noticed with my F1Ms, that if the tail twist is the
wrong way, the model is very hard to make turn in a small gym. Maybe this
is the reason? I do not know if my tubular boom without boron is floppy
(might be- quite small dia at the end), but at least my motor tube is - I
have noticed that I need to set some additional tilt to the model, as the
twist of the motor tube under full load tends to reduce the twist. If I
start with the amount that I desire for flight, then under full motor load
the tilt has disappeared.
Maybe I should try a boom with larger diameter...
-Tapio-
Received on Wed Aug 06 2008 - 05:12:03 CEST
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