ORIGINAL: jrotor
I'm a bit worried about landing part of this plane, could u please describe how the landing was ?
And, could u compare to other planes, in terms of landing ?
Jake,
In flying real aircraft one of the old adages is "good landings are just the end of good approaches". I think that's true of any plane, including RCs. The way I've adapted to RC is to make several practice approaches where you get set up with the appropriate rate of descent and the appropriate airspeed using whatever trim and throttle you need to get the right combo for a "stabilized approach". The plane should almost fly itself onto the ground if you've set it up correctly. If can't get your approach stabilized, and you wont' the first few times, then just keep going around until you get one you like. Start this process at maybe 5 minutes into your flight so you have plenty of time time and fuel to make a dozen approaches if need be. If you get one where you're on glidepath then just continue on down and at around a foot off the runway GENTLY pull back whatever throttle you have on and GENTLY pull back on the elevator and it will mush (stall) onto the runway. This should work with any conventional aircraft and the RC Rocket is no exception. If your radio cannot facilitate the flaperon setup then it will just be a little faster. In that case use a bit flatter glideslope.
Most of the RC planes I've flown so far, mostly trainers and such, have very benign stall habits where they don't break cleanly and don't drop one wing or the other. The Rocket does stall more abruptly, and with a wing dip. Therefore you'll want to be careful to not get it too slow and stall it on approach. Not a problem though if you do your practice stalls up high and get used to the signs, which you should definitely do. Then just manage your airspeed on approach and you'll be fine. I dont' know what you've been flying, but the Rocket lands faster than the trainers and slower than some other planes I've seen. You can do it, just get the approach right. Then on rollout, keep your left thumb on the rudder and be ready to correct any directional deviations... a lot of guys forget this part and end up hitting a fence -- they get it on the ground and then relax and quite paying attention.
Best,
Randy