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Old 09-05-2014 | 06:13 PM
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Charlie P.
 
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Why are you seeking affirmation if it is what you want to do?

Not really necessary. I have flown my Parkzone SE5a in 10 mph winds and it flies like a mid-size foam biplane. Like any WWII biplane it likes to have throttle when landing and lots of rudder and elevator work on the taxi and ground handling.

A three-axis or six-axis accelerometer (bet you $1 there are no gyroscopes in your unit) will help with stability; but if the gains are wrong it will fight you as much as help you.

I have the AS3X in my Carbon Z Cub and when trying to do certain maneuvers I'd rather it was gone. I like to do things lile pull up and throttle down and tailslide for a ways. The accelerometers don't seem to like that. But it does make the plane easy to fly in commercial airliner type maneuvers.

My little 15" 30mm EDF Sabre has no accelerometers and it handles the wind amazingly well. 35 mph feels like 150 mph with that little bugger.

I have the same AS3X in my little 1-1/2 oz UMX Radian and it truly does make that little bugger much more solid in the wind. But the SE5a weighs 28 time as much and really doesn't need the feature.

Just my opinion.

Last edited by Charlie P.; 09-05-2014 at 06:16 PM.