COuld anyone please tell me what throw rates they recommend for this plane, I just finished it but do not know what throw rates would be the best or what would be over doing it , thanks
Andrew

Do you have the manual? If not it's on the Horizon Web site. And here''s the section on throws:

Section 19: Control Throw Recommendations
The following control throw recommendations offer positive response and are a good place to begin setting up the aircraft. After you
have become more familiar with the flight characteristics of the Paranoid, adjust the control throws to meet your flying style.
? Aileron
Low Rate
3/8" Up, 1/4" Down
High Rate
5/8" Up, 3/8" Down
? Elevator
Low Rate
3/8" Up, 3/8" Down
High Rate
5/8" Up, 5/8" Down
? Rudder
Low Rate
1 1 /4" Right, 1 1 /4" Left
High Rate
2 1 /4" Right, 2 1 /4" Left


Steve

I am trying to find out if these are accurate control throws, here is the reason i question. it says once you become familiar with the (paranoid) which is what the name of the pizzaz was as a proto type. so i dont know if that was a mis print or what

I had the same question when I built my Aresti and elected to just try the throws as printed.

Aileron -Low- VERY Slow control response. High- Just about where I like it. Probably 2-2.5 rolls / second.
Elevator- Low and High - No tendency to snap. Loops are fairly large. I might try and add a bit more throw here.
Rudder- Low- Barely holds knife edge. High- Will take airplane from knife edge to vertical.

OBTW- I'm using an OS70 FS. Had lots of problems keeping it running until I swapped out the tank for a Sullivan.


Good Luck,
Rod

Great Info!
I am test flying my Aresti tommorow, and was jusst setting up the 8U Futaba. Thought that the "paranoid" section was a bit odd, but went to the online instruction manual and there it was again. Figured it must be OK.....
Doing the ultimate no-no..... trying to test fly, get comfortable, and fly in a contest with three flying days left... I would rather like three months!
Thanks again for the info,

I have 2 questions about setting up the control throws on my Aresti:

1. The rudder control throw--How in the world is it possible to get 2-1/4" in each direction out of the thing? I'm using the outermost hole in the servo arm, and the innermost hole on the rudder control horn. And I've got my JR X-347 (similar to the 8106) set to move the servo arm 150%. After all that the most I'm getting is about 1-1/4".

2. When I set up the ailerons, the high rate recommended control throws are 5/8" up, and 3/8" down. I don't understand this. When I move the control stick to move one aileron up, the other moves down by the same amount, and vica versa. How can I split it unevenly?

Thanks.

1. Use longer servo arms like the dubro heavy duty arms.

2. Solution A: If you have a computer radio set the end points so you have what you need up and down.

Solution B: Angle your servo arms ~30 deg forward and re set you ailerons so the trailing edges line up. This will give you more up than down throw. To get more or less diffrential in travel angle the arm more or less.

Thanks!

1. I probably could use a slightly longer servo arm, but there's not much more room in there. I'll give it a try.

2. I'll look up end point adjustments, but I really like the idea of angling the servo arms. Of course!

I like this forum for the experience of other R/C pilots, and for the fast answers! Thanks again!

On my aresti's (2 of them) I cut a hole in the tray aft of where the original servo holes were. I mounted the rudder servo right in the middle and to the rear of the tray. I used a cut off giant scale horn and I have gobs of control throw. The only trick part is getting the screws in. I drilled 2 tiny (small screwdriver size) holes to allow me to screw it in..

You may want to give it a whirl. This is a great flying beginner pattern plane. Both of mine have only needed one to two clicks of trim and they fly straight as an arrow.

Matt