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Old 02-04-2007 | 09:12 PM
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Default RE: elevator sensitivty


ORIGINAL: Charlie P.

A guy in our club has a U-Can-Do 60 and he let me fly it. I took off and the first words out of my mouth were "Hoe-Lee-SH**!" He had it set with extreme throws and neutral, if not tail heavy, balance. I have a sport plane that does 10 ft loops at full throw on half throttle. This thing was worlds more sensitive. We finished that flight at about 1/3 throttle and low rates.
Sorry but... [sm=lol.gif] ROLF etc.

I'm a fan of sensitive controls, i aim for 40deg of movement on most planes and rarely use exp. Imo, just because my car can do 120Mph doesn't mean i have to drive that quick, same with the controls, just because i can move the surface 40degrees doesn't mean i have to, it's just nice when you fancy messing about a bit [:-]

When flying a new model for the first time i normally have high rates at 40degrees and low rates at what the manual recommends, take off on low, get her trimmed, and so far without exception i always end up sticking to high rates, just can't get used to the soft controls



Anyway, assuming the CG is about right, you could look at adding some exp, or lowering your rates a bit