Originally posted by EddieWeeks
How many times have people got in trouble because of
Duel [sic] Rates. I think duel rates totally unnecessary and here is why.

On the first flight of the plane, check the roll rate, check the elev
if you don't like the way it feels, land the plane and change it.

Sorry Eddie - I have to disagree. First flights are a perfect example of where multiple rates comes in especially handy. Set up your medium rates to what you think is the correct travel for the model, then when you get airborne and find out that the aircraft is super-sensitive on aileron, and a bit dead on elevator, switch from med to low aileron and from med to high elevator. Then land and sort things out and try again. Doing it this way, rather than saying you should use a single rate and land when you need to make changes may make it more likely that you can land the aircraft in a condition that allows it to be re-used !! ;-)


Now why would you want to change all your servo
travels and have a totally different plane.

For doing different things with the airplane. I get bored doing just one thing with any airplane.

All these plane are fully capable of flying 200mph and 35mph
with out changing troughs. That is what expo is far.

I find it interesting that you think that daul rates are an unnecessary programming complexity, yet expo is not.... one could use your own line of argument to suggest that expo should not be used, because that's what fully proportional fingers are for !! ;-)

Later,
Gordon