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Old 07-09-2006 | 02:52 PM
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Default RE: Is there a rule of thumb for spoileron setup?

I tried the flaperon thing and it made a big difference in takeoff and landing. I have a Futaba 9C so I dialed in 50% flaperon to elevator. I don't have much throw on the elevator on low rates, so 50% of the elevator movement doesn't move the ailerons too much, but boy what a nice difference. My takeoffs are more flat, since the airplane used to jump off the ground, and the landings are more flat in the flair. The nose used to pitch up a lot more. I LIKE IT! I am going to use this flapperon mode for my takeoffs and landings form now on I think. Next I will try the spoileron thing. Right now I am out of town for a week. And as an answer to a previous question, my ailerons are neutral to the chord of the wing. Maybe if they were neutral with the bottom of the wing, it would be like having flaperons on all the time.