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Old 05-28-2003 | 04:15 PM
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Default My plane is getting better

Today i flew the plane, and it decided that it wanted to do harriers upright. I changed nothing at all, and the conditions (wind, temp) were identical to the last time i flew it. I was amazed, and so happy that i could add that to my little freestyle to impress all the .40 size guys who still think 3D is some sort of magic.
It must have heard my threats to get rid of it, so it decided to do harriers. It also didn't mind having the tail dipped in some foot-high grass in a torque roll for a few minutes straight. Who knows what it will do next time...

RudderMagic-
In the harriers, upright and inverted, you have to give it an inconsistent amount of elevator to keep it high alpha. I think it has to do with the airspeed after turning and being into the wind, but it did surprise me a lot when i had to let go of the elevator, yet it stayed high-alpha, and other times i was flooring it. Weird, but those are beautiful inverted, and low (i mean to say my rudder was less than 2 feet from the ground in this inverted harrier). Try it, you can get used to inputtig different amounts of elevator once you find when it needs it.

Low and Slow is the Only way to go
Jonathan Baker