ORIGINAL: nrad2000
I would come in parallel with the runway about 15ft off the ground, turn really tight to bleed off most of the speed, level the wings and used Rudder to align with the runway, and touch down. I was able to do that twice successfully. The third one was looking really good. Even better then the 1st two. But this is when it happened. the wheels touched ground and the escapade bounced up 2 - 3 feet. Right wing looked like it began to stall. I gunned the throttle to redo the landing. The escapade continued to suddenly Roll Right, was almost inverted facing away from me, and hit the ground nose first.
Question:
1) what I experienced was a torque roll?
2) if the wind did stall what should I have done? Or, maybe there was nothing I could have done?
I must confess that I don't understand your description regarding the approach.
1) A torque reaction that is induced by engine torque (sudden rev up) will roll the model to the left (counterclockwise), as the propeller turns clockwise (using the cabin as reference view).
2) Agree with Gboulton above, but the height was not enough to recover airspeed over the wing.
Trying to use aileron down to stop the roll just agravates the stall, since the effective AOA increases.
Better to nose down at the first sign of bouncing up, before the stall develops.
Read:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_89...tm.htm#8947745
Sorry about the damage.