RE: Knife edge trimming question
I thanked Bryan earlier in this forum, but after seeing some negative posts I would like to thank him again for helping me out with his article. I had some other trimming charts, especially the "NSRCA Trimming Chart" was really helpful. But I came to a point where none of the trim charts explained what I was experiencing, that is the left rudder tuck. I asked fellow pattern fliers and other experienced modelers around here but I could not get a satisfactory answer and a solution. So I decided to ask the question here on RC Universe and Mike Pascale recommended Bryan's article.
The article made a great sense in general and besides, pointed my exact problem. So, I had no other choice but to try the method. I followed it to the end and VOILA! I have a perfect flying pattern plane.
As I said in my opening post I can trim everything out electronically but this is not the way it should be, IMHO. I should not be depended on the transmitter's abilities to correct the plane's faults. The faults should be corrected mechanically and transmitter should assist me in flight with special thingies like dual rates, exponential etc.
I am not against using the electronic mixing and all other stuff that transmitters offer. And of course if you can not correct a fault mechanically whatever you do, you have to use the transmitter. But if you can create a neutral plane with mechanical adjustments than it is a great satisfaction.
One last thing, I believe that experience is everything in life and we should all try to learn from other's experiences, so that, we do not have to invent the light bulb again all by ourselves. Thanks again to Bryan for sharing his experiences with us, they surely help someone, sometime, somewhere.
Alp