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Old 10-12-2009 | 08:24 AM
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Magne
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Default RE: I cannot dispute this statement

We are back on the basic, I want to fly 50 miles every hour.
Constant speed is what I need to win, and for that I need the power.
The most important fact of the control loop is the gain
not to generate drag, but for exact speed to maintain.
Cees, I am just a bit curious about how your system works.
Surely you realise that "constant speed" in F3A is relative to the ground and not measured airspeed?
So aiming for 50 mph constant speed in a 20 mph wind, you want to fly 70 mph upwind and 30 mph downwind.
How is your pitot tube helping?

Magne