Re: Re: Steering and video!

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:23:59 +0300

john_kagan wrote:
>
> What a great idea with the camera. I'm going to have to get one of
> those. It would be neat to have that view from all the cool sites we get
> to visit.

Yeah, you know the proverb, in Finnish it goes something like "when you
own a hammer, all of the world looks like nails".... I have flown the
camera onboard a number of Free Flight and RC models, was considering
putting in onto an indoor model, but for that purpose it is too heavy.
Maybe strip off the casing and put it to a SciOly sized model? Anyway,
balloon was the first substitute that came to my mind.

> Your prop shape is preventing the steering rod from staying on the prop.
> You have a flaring prop with pretty much a flat trailing edge. If you
> use a symmetrical shape you'll find that it holds on much better. In
> fact, then you'll have to do the little "down and the the left" maneuver
> to disengage it rather that just moving forward.

Ahha, that is interesting. I have thought of trying also symmetrical
prop blades, but maybe something inbetween would be the ideal solution
between optimal engagement and disengagement? It was quite neat to get
off the rod by simply slowing down and moving a little to the left. But
then, keeping the model attaches required turning to the right, so I
needed to make 270 to the right to actually make 90 to the left... :-)




-Tapio-
Received on Mon Apr 19 2010 - 06:24:46 CEST