What do you think of the "co-pilot"?
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Was reading something about it recently. It rights your plane based on temperature differences between the sky and the ground, or something like that. Anyone have any experience with this?
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I have not had any experience *ith these but i *ill be getting one in a couple of months. i'll let you kno* ho* it does.
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I have one installed on an RCM Trainer .40 and turned it over to an 8 year old - and he flew two tanks through without me having to 'save' him, except for landings and take-offs.
What I like is that you can do two 'neat' things with it. If you have a 5 Channel or larger radio, you can turn the Co-Pilot 'On' or "Off" via retract switch and secondly, you can dial in the amount of sensitivity - which can become less and less as you get better...
Jerry
What I like is that you can do two 'neat' things with it. If you have a 5 Channel or larger radio, you can turn the Co-Pilot 'On' or "Off" via retract switch and secondly, you can dial in the amount of sensitivity - which can become less and less as you get better...
Jerry
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I have one also and it will work exactly as advertised if you read the instructions and hook it up like they say. It's a neat gadget. It really helps on cross wind landings.
The only "catch 22" is if the airplane is inverted, the co-pilot will apply full up elevator when you let go of the sticks. Not good if you're too low to the ground to complete a half loop!
Randy
The only "catch 22" is if the airplane is inverted, the co-pilot will apply full up elevator when you let go of the sticks. Not good if you're too low to the ground to complete a half loop!
Randy
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I have seen to people learn to fly and solo on the thing. The only problem is getting them off the co-pilots because they are too scared to fly unassisted.
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www.fmadirect.com, or your LHS. I think they're coming out with a new version of the co-pilot with more features, as well as doubtlessly a higher price.
I have mine on a plane that has separate aileron servos. The co pilot is designed to work with a single servo that controls both ailerons. But, I did some experimenting and found out it will work if you just run one aileron servo through the co-pilot. roll recovery is probably a little slower, but it still works fine. Being able to turn it off in flight is also a tremendous advantage.
Randy
I have mine on a plane that has separate aileron servos. The co pilot is designed to work with a single servo that controls both ailerons. But, I did some experimenting and found out it will work if you just run one aileron servo through the co-pilot. roll recovery is probably a little slower, but it still works fine. Being able to turn it off in flight is also a tremendous advantage.
Randy




