ORIGINAL: Captain Ducman
Im starting to get the hang of some 3D manuevers, however, when I try to do a wall with my Extra, the airplane snaps violently to the right. Have any of you guys experienced this? Do you have this and just antisipate and counter with rudder? Is there something set up wrong? CG? Mixing?
Duc
OMG Steve! Have you already forgotton basic side-slip aerodynamics?
Since we don't have turn-coordinators on our RCs it becomes a little more difficult, but basically what is happing is the same thing when you do an uncoordinated stall in a C152 - we drop a wing.
Your plane is just slightly yawing to the right. That does seem odd because of the torque of the engine pulling you left. Now that I think of it, do you have any right thrust built in?
The best way that I know how to check to see if the "ball" is centered is to fly straight up. Of course, your rudder is almost too farkin huge. One click to the left or right might take it out of trim. You might have to go into your sub-trims.
As far as "handle" changes, I might start using my flightinfo and expressjetpilots one: Capt. Caucasian. (inside joke yall)