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Old 11-18-2012 | 07:31 AM
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StevieM
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Default Flaps/Camber....when to use

Having just finished my 2.6m ASW28.
It has high loading of 27oz/ft2. (Ouch!)
I have just set up crow.
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I then upgraded my tx to a jr3810/8103 to additionally be able to set camber and flaps independantly of crow.
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I understand the advantages of crow for landing, including effectively introducing large washout to help avoiding tip stalling, but please can someone explain when I would use flaps and camber.
e.g., any use of flaps during launch?
How many degrees?
If lift drops, can I add touch of camber?
Do I then need to be careful about tipstalling because we are increasing angle of attack of whole wing including tips?
Or do I set camber to add slight washout by moving flaps slighly more than ailerons?
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(note, reflex will not be set as flaps have nil up movement)
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Above are all the issues spinning round my head.
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Please comment,
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Rgds, Steve