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Old 01-13-2013 | 08:12 AM
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Default RE: the use of telemetry and artificial flight stabilization in pattern


ORIGINAL: cmoulder

constant speed, that is not possible to achieve with a constant motor RPM
And even then what would be required is constant ground speed, not constant air speed....

The more you think about it the ridiculouser it gets.
Well, here is my take on this argument.

There is a condition for constant motor RPM to achieve the constant ground speed: the plane is in a level flight with almost constant wind heading and speed. While the latter is ideal, we sometime can encounter during a season, dependent on where we locate. Let us not forget this context.

More importantly, that the voltage of a main battery pack will drop during the course of a sequence is a unique problem to EP. For a range of throttle positions, the gradual reducing RPMs due to dropped voltage is an extra variable to manage. If ESC can take this management job away from the pilot, it is something.