Thomas B
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The non scale dihedral on the upper wing still annoys me, ............
I find that my Waco does a little better wheel landing than a full stall landing.........
Yeah, the dihedral bugs me, too, but i find if you look from the right angle, it is hardly noticeable, and unless you are a true WACOphile, nobody knows that ain't the way it should be.
Your landing (picture) has the proper attitude pegged. I have concluded that if the tail starts to sag on approach, even a little, it's high time to either add power and go around, or add power and go around  . Tail low on my model is as good a pre-stall warning as a wing waggle.
How does your electric behave at full power with that big prop? Do you notice much torque reaction, especially at lower airspeeds and on take-off?
It is a farily large prop...APC thin electric 20x12. The motor is a 1.60 class equivalent Dualsky X-motor 6360CA-11T. I am only running 7 lipo cells at present, so the power is more like a strong .60 or mild .90. On takeoff, it does need a noteable amount of right rudder, even with a nice dose of right thrust built in. At speed, throttle changes do not have as much effect, but they do at low speed, for sure.
I get decent full stall landings about once out of 5 tries and great ones once out of 10 tries...wheel landings are a better percentage, for sure.
< Message edited by Thomas B -- 5/5/2008 3:08:20 PM >
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As much as you like round engines, I think I can guess.
