Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
My my issue with the application of full scale education is that it revolves around aircraft with far less power to weight ratio the the average trainer and much more power that are operated in an environment ( altitude ) and in most cases higher airspeed ( velocity ) not to mention much higher wing loadings. IMO the outside environment has a much greater effect on our models then it does on any full scale aircraft. Therefore piloting techniques can be and for most model pilots are different. Now if any of you guys had formal education that relates to full scale airplanes with power to weight greater then 1:1 with wing loadings in the 25 oz per sq ft I'm all ears.
I'm not really sure what issue you have? I agree we fly RC planes differently and there's no real reason to make a course correction in a full size with just rudder. The only reason we do it in RC is because it looks smoother and we don't get too much of a point deduction for doing it that way.
RC glider guys occasionally discuss the use of rudder in thermal turns (some DLG's just use a fixed fin with no rudder) and at the end of the day with a glider it's pretty much always better to be slipping and sliding (even with the odd tip stall) your way around a turn in lift than to perform perfecly co-ordinated turns in sink...