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Old 01-18-2004 | 01:25 PM
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jimcork1
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Default flights 20 & 21 update

Ok,, now who took my pic of the airdrop? That is called Lapes.. Low ailtute parachute extraction system.

But now to flying the model. I reset stab to a lower incident and found little change on this move. I have done power off stalls and with the control settings I gave prior, the 22# bird makes a slight left wing drop (engine torque possibly) and then the nose drops, I held up full elev. to see if it would approach a spin, but with the nose drop it began flying again and the nose lifted up and stalled again. Very soft stalls. Possibly my rounded blunt leading edge helps. I have a 7 Meg QT movie that I haven't figured out how to post or zip. Cool take off pics. Who will be next airborne.

Remember,, MIX the aileron to the rudder. This will really help in turns and engine out. I also mix flap to elev. The bird will baloon with flap deployment and then when raising them it will drop like a stone. If you mix you can even this out to nice flying.

PS.. when doing an air drop of a tank the plane would pitch up then down. The pilot only monitored the elevator when a tank was exiting the aircraft to prevent it from hanging on the plane on the way out. If it were to hang, part of the plane would be removed. Besides have you ever seen a tank that was Lapsed a bit too high nose in and then roll end over end.. what a site,, It will also remove pine trees very quickly.