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Old 02-22-2012 | 03:10 PM
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Default RE: Gyro on taileron/elevon/delta?

Hi all

I am doing a 16 foot Concorde from Peter Michael in Germany. It is elevons and each side has three surfaces. I am set up with the JR gyros set one for each side and they operate in the roll direction. The Concorde flies fine without the help until you try to land it. The problem with delta wings is that they need to be a little tail heavy to be at all stable in the landing configuration. The nose is up and the wing is at a high angle of attack so the wing tips like to take turns stalling and the plane walks along while the pilot fights it.

The gyros are set standing up and perpendicular to the center line of the plane. They are side by side and set in the same plane. This gives roll stabilization in the elevon mode. I am using the gains on different knobs on the transmitter so that they can be adjusted as we need to.

I think the gain question is the hard one when you use the JR equipment.

More details are on my site at www.dream-rc-airplanes.com in the workshop section.