ORIGINAL: phlpsfrnk
Da Rock,
I agree that as RC pilots ground effect is hard to perceive but is still there all the same. Try taking off at half throttle or something less.
Never said it wasn't there. Said that with our models what it does isn't worth worrying about.
And I start all my takeoffs way under half throttle. The airplane is flying way before there would be the possibility to get it airborne too soon as described in the Primary Flight Training manual excerpt. Our models simply have powerloadings and wingloadings that create a flight envelope that's nowhere near full scale.
Like I said, our models don't show it enough to see or for it to matter. And I'm betting that only very few very large low wingers actually experience anything close to significant.