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Old 05-23-2013 | 11:14 AM
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Jim Branaum
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Default RE: funstar 3d?


ORIGINAL: t-max97

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I'm not necessarily looking for something full out 3d but mostly just something very aerobatic/3d with a light wing loading, I had pretty much decided on the Aeroworks edge 540t .46-.90 but then I read some reviews about it tip stalling bad and that's exactly what I don't want. so I'm looking for something else now, I'm not in a big hurry just looking around.If I can't decide on something I may just wait a while and then get something in the 20-30cc range later, I really want a gasser anyway, I'm kind of impatient though lol.
Ah, the dreaded tip stalling airframe. What the term 'tip stalling' really means is that the ailerons stall the wing tip while there is still enough lift for the airframe to fly.

In other words, tip stalling is a controllability issue you need to practice for by doing slow flight level figure 8's at altitude (3 mistakes high) to learn how to identify its onset and avoid it.

However some tip stalling can be made less of an issue with one or two inch triangle stock at the roots such that the point is on the high side of the wing causing it to stall at the root first and or a little more nose weight. This also effectively raises the approach speed but can be helped by using the rudder to level out the wings on approach instead of ailerons. Part of the problem is the 'down' aileron almost always has lots and lots of drag that you really cannot afford at low speed. In fact if you practice some high altitude slow flight you might notice that when it snaps over in a turn the direction is almost always towards the 'drooped' aileron.

YMMV