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Old 10-06-2004 | 07:32 AM
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Buzzard Dave
 
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Default RE: Funtana 90 Snapping ?

No problems....this is again a symptom of the ARF system putting higher performance (wonderfully affordable) aircraft in the hands of people who aren't really experienced. (********rocks, i'm not critisizing you, glad you asked.)

First off: any plane can snap with too much elevator. balancing a plane further back will increase this tendancy. However, in a 3d plane, that is what you want...that is what makes it a good 3D plane. The solution is to not use too much elevator too fast if you don't want it to snap.

Second off: regarding the 45 degrees of elevator. it's not how many degrees of elevator you have, its how many you use. when you are really using the full throw for something like a "Wall"....both wings stall right away and it won't snap. However, if you make a weak attempt at a wall (say 30 degrees of elevator)....you give one wing time to stall before the other and you snap over. Also you are using max elevator during hovers and high alpha when it is really just deflecting airflow and the wings are stalled already.....

Hope that helps, David S. Tampa, fl

oh yeah....."FUN-tana"