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Old 01-31-2011 | 09:32 AM
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Default RE: Pheonix Extra 330S 60-90 Size


ORIGINAL: min$2crash
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Now watch the plane.... it will eventually choose a side/direction to drop toward as the plane slows toward a stop with what is probably full up elevator by now- throw the rudder in that direction while still holding the up elevator. The wing that drops has stalled...and now you are using the rudder to rotate around that stalled wing. ...
Good explanation !!

On that part where :
"it will eventually choose a side/direction to drop toward as the plane slows toward a stop with what is probably full up elevator by now- throw the rudder in that direction "...

Sometimes this indicates that you have more wash-out in one wing than the other.
The wing with LESS washout will stall first.

Sometimes this i also indicates you have one wing HEAVIER than the other.
The heavy wing will stall first.

SO before you start, set up your plane the night before and set it levle on a table.
Now, Turn on the radio and center your trims, then go to the other side of the room and look at the trailing edges of your wings
down the side if the fuce.
You will see if one wing is warped a bit more than the other.
I usually set a min of (1 degree) of washout at the tips.
This makes inverted spins easier, and landings easier also.

Next we balance the wings.
Turn OFF your radio..
Pull the wings and wing tube out and then push the the wings back on the tube
and measure the center and mark with a felt pen.
i will set something like triangular wood stock on some books and set the wings
on where the center mark is.
The easiest way to counter balance is adding weight at the tip of the light wing
but to insure a mas moment of inertia the weight Should be added where each wing
balances by itself in the center.

All this work will ensure that your plane flies nice and level for landings and
when a stall is induced,(( nether wing will have a tendency to drop)) !!
So the work is worth your time since we Land once on EVERY flight.
Sometimes i land twice. (sigh) !

Bille