ORIGINAL: Shortymet55
I was wondering if anyone has tried this, or even if its possible. First, I need to make sure what i know is right. Flaperons are when ailerons drop down, and elevator is mixed it to go down, so the added lift from the ailerons is balanced in the back. First, is this right?
No. Flaperons, specifically, are simply drooping the ailerons to act as flaps. While one certainly CAN mix in some elevator to achieve/offset various tendencies, flaperons themselves refer only to the ailerons.
If this is correct, what would happen if you used up elevator. So the ailerons raise from the added lift and the elevator drops. Would this cause a really tight loop? I would expect if you programed the flaperons to drop to almost full throw and same with the elevator, it would cause a really tight loop. Has anyone tried? Im getting a foamie, and im deciding on one or two aileron servos. If this is possible, I might just get two servos for this super loop.
My own guess would be that you'd stall the airplane in a pretty big hurry. Of course, since we're talking about a foamy, that's really not an issue (unless it snaps out from under itself)....the thing's not using its wings half the time anyway.
Of course, given the size of control surfaces on most foamies, and their P:W, a fair number of them can do the "super loop" you're talking about ANYway.
But hey..why not try it? that's the beauty of a foamy...take it up a few mitakes high, and give it a shot...worst thing that'll happen is the thing tumbles around out of control...flip the switch back to normal elev/flaps/ailerons, and fly away. *heh*