Originally posted by ddubya
Can anyone tell me why my otherwise terrific flying Dirty Birdy pulls to the canopy in knife edge flight? Corrects with elevator but would be perfect if it would maintain it's heading without the elevator deal. Thanks.
ddubya
Probably a tad too much positive wing incidence, which is not easy to change. Raising the ailerons as ocirema indicates will help but I find that changing the ailerons affects other maneuvers adversely. The only solution I've found that works well is using control mixing. A little down elev mixed with the rudder input cancels the adverse pitch without messing anything else up.
Hope this helps.