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Old 07-02-2012, 07:40 AM
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wkevinm
 
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Default Hitec, how to program down elevator with low throttle

I have a couple pylon racer designs that go nose high when I cut fuel for landing. This was made very annoying and difficult at the last race where we had high winds aggravating the situation, I had to push the stick nearly 3/4 down to keep the nose down and speed high enough for a good glide speed. Flying a dead stick landing approach pushing the stick is not easy, I prefer to pull to keep the right glide.

These planes have no throttle control, rather you pinch the fuel line to stop the engine. Due to the airfoil used (all are 0,0,0 incidence) several designs of racers will go nose high on engine stop from near 200 mph.

How is the best way to mix the elevator so it goes to a slight down when the throttle is taken to 0. I had this programmed in an Eclipse several years ago for a q500 design but never figured out how to program into the Aurora.

Thanks in advance for any help.

wkevinm