Elevator Placement on a pattern ship.
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Elevator Placement on a pattern ship.
My older pattern ships, Curare, Escape, Deception etc all have the stabilizer/elevator placed above the engine thrust horizontal line. My old RC City Vortex (precursor to the Typhoon) is more of a mid-wing design with the wing and stab in almost a straight line. Most newer F3A pattern ships have the stab/elevator placed below the engine thrust line. What effect does stab/elevator placement relative to the thrust line have on the flying characteristics of a pattern ship?
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Hello,
the position of the elevator has an influence on the blade Knife-Edge Flight
Elevator position too low: Trajectory deviation in direction high
Elevator position too high: Trajectory deviation in direction low
But I also think that older pattern ships were more low wing, while the new F3A models tend more towards mid wing.
Greetings Gerhard
the position of the elevator has an influence on the blade Knife-Edge Flight
Elevator position too low: Trajectory deviation in direction high
Elevator position too high: Trajectory deviation in direction low
But I also think that older pattern ships were more low wing, while the new F3A models tend more towards mid wing.
Greetings Gerhard
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Hello,
the position of the elevator has an influence on the blade Knife-Edge Flight
Elevator position too low: Trajectory deviation in direction high
Elevator position too high: Trajectory deviation in direction low
But I also think that older pattern ships were more low wing, while the new F3A models tend more towards mid wing.
Greetings Gerhard
the position of the elevator has an influence on the blade Knife-Edge Flight
Elevator position too low: Trajectory deviation in direction high
Elevator position too high: Trajectory deviation in direction low
But I also think that older pattern ships were more low wing, while the new F3A models tend more towards mid wing.
Greetings Gerhard
Trajectory deviation in direction low => rudder application causes pitch coupling toward belly.