ORIGINAL: XJet
ORIGINAL: Tor
...like driving a car with a steering that needs aligment, but hey.. "I can just correct it by turning the steering wheel an inch to the left - makes me a much better driver anyway"
That was my point -- if your plane pulls or pushes during KE, you really ought to either trim it out properly, get a better plane, or just practise until you can fly it on the sticks.
XJet? That was your point?? If I have a car with a steering alignment problem, I drive to a garage and have them realign it. I don't just compensate, as it will wear out my tires, reduce safety etc. It certainly doesn't make me a better driving a broken steering. Quite an idiosyncratic point you make in my oppinion.
Yes some people do use gyros to hover and fly -
helicopter people! I guess your point to them would be "why use gyros in helicopters, when you can just learn to hold it on heading yourself?"
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Anyway, there are actually good reasons not to "learn" to compensate for coupling errors. In the words of one of you esteemed contrymen, Peter Goldsmith (whose merrits count for alot more than yours or mine):
ORIGINAL:
http://www.flagstaffflyers.com/image...thTrimming.pdf
What if, from the very beginning, you learned to fly RC with the radio upside down? Then, two years later, someone said you needed to turn it over and fly right side up? It’d probably be pretty tough because you learned all of the habits the wrong way. Flying a plane that’s not fully trimmed is just about as bad. You get into the habit of correcting for poor flying characteristics and end up chasing the plane around the sky during the whole flight. Then when you move to a new plane you have to start over and learn how to compensate for the new plane’s different set of problems all over again.
I suggest you read the intire document, as I am sure you will have alot to learn from it.
Edit: sorry Peter Goldsmith is Australian. But I am sure if you ask Frazer Briggs, he will tell you to set up your plane correctly and use mixes aswell.