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Old 01-04-2005 | 06:08 PM
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Default RE: Can someone explain scale C/L?

greenriverrc
I'm not too far away from you-just on the other side of I-65. I'm in Sharpsburg KY, about 7 miles north of Mt Sterling off of I 64. My flying partner and I fly R/C but I am getting back into the C/L picture. It has become increasingly difficult to find places to fly our larger planes but I can fly C/L in the back yard, (4 flat acres). I also have a question while I'm here with you guys. What method of yaw is most used to keep the lines tight as you fly? Way back when (60's), I built the kits with a little bit of right rudder to make the plane pull to the outside of the circle. One or two kits I built had a built-up rudder which was really a flat sided airfoil to pull the tail into the circle to keep the lines tight. I guess you could also angle the engine to have the same effect. I am just curious about the preferred method these days if it has changed at all.
RWCherry
Sharpsburg KY