Re: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

From: art <upwind120_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:57:36 -0000

Today's project (2 photos in the Art's Winder album) is Yvette Lite. Exactly the same size as the original, but she weighs 1.67 instead of 4.97. And she don't fly.

After a certain amount of behavior analysis and head scratching, .45 grams of tailweight fixed it. This is not an elegant solution. The nose moment needs some reduction. The smallest prop that came to hand, 7" and .34 grams needs to be replaced with something smaller (the original is 3.9"), and the nose skid may have to go. Her circle is kind of tight and I might add a pair of small rudders to help control things, but it's likely the big prop that's doing that.
She's set up with a 6" motor (A-6? har har), from bearing to rear hook, which I'm thinking now was wrong. Shouldn't it be hook-to-hook? Gotta move it back anyway, so if anyone out there knows the rules, tell me and I'll make it right.
It'd be nice if a 4" prop would make it fly and it could still ROG like the big one.
I'll play with it more tomorrow.

Art.
Received on Tue Apr 24 2012 - 20:57:40 CEST