ORIGINAL: SprinklerTech
Ok, I lied, this guys plane that is in the photo is the one that keeps me going, the red one. But you help a bit Robert...lol. It's cool to see a Vertigo II next to the Phoenix. I may need to research the stab addition. I don't want to get into a debate about it but you know why...
I have a question though, what are the clothes pins for? Bladder tanks? I'll be using one for the first time. I got a 6 oz to use in the DB but when I move up from Novice I might run out of gas.
Clothespins: I use Du-Bro switch mounts in fiberglass fuselages. My theory is that they decouple the vibration to the switch to some degree. Switches that are mounted directly to the fiberglass side tend to be short lived. So does the airplane. At least that has been my experience. Anyway, I set mine up so that
in is
on. The clothespin is just the right width to act as a safety device, preventing accidental turn-ons.
The extended tail post and details regarding anhedral are buried somewhere back in this very thread. Scott Anderson had a telephone interview with on of the designers, that is the source of the info. If I run across it, I will post a link.
More Vertigo trivia:
The Vertigo is an offshoot of the Phoenix series (6 & 7). The wing planform, area, tail moments and areas are identical. The airfoils are different. The deeper belly dropped the nose line a bit to solve the infamous Phoenix fuel tank level problem. (Look at a P-8 sometime. Same idea. Wonder where that came from?) The nose is about an inch longer to accommodate the then new pumped engines and to allow the nose gear to retract without cutting into the wing LE.
Having my own P-7 and the Vertigo, They are similar in flight, but they have distictly different "personalities". The P-8 on the other hand much much closely resembles the Vertigo in handling qualities.
-Robert