Quique wrote an article for one of the magazines on how to setup an airplane.
He spoke a length on the proper setup of aileron servos and linkages.
Does any one know what magazine and issue this was in?
Thanks,
KW_Counter

I know the article you are speaking of, and I've got it somewhere around here, but I cant remember what issue it was in. You'd probably get a better response in either the 3D or IMAC forums.

Pardon my ignorance but what is a "Quique"?

He's an author of an article that described a 'how to' setup for airplanes. I remember it to.

OK, I found him but not the article.

http://www.somenzini.com/

He was also TOC champion 2 or 3 years in a row. ENJOY !!! RED

Something that pops into my head is...

This is posted in the beginner's forum. Quique and his style of flying is anything BUT beginner stuff. So unless you're flying very advanced stuff, you may not need to go through some of the extreme lengths to set up your plane the way the big boys do.

It would be the equivalent of putting wheelie bars on your riding lawn mower

I don't have wheelie bars on my mower but I do have training wheels. Does that count?

Now that could be interesting!!! Do I see visions of Tim Taylor here????

Ken

I need training wheels for my "riding mower"...sorry i couldnt resist

now THAT is somewhere between 2 to 3 extra beers until you decide "I wonder if this would work"? and "hey ya'll watch this"...Rog

You might go back to his site and down load the flying manual for one of his planes. I have the 72" Yak and it gives a fairly detailed setup.


David

I agree a beginner does not need to go to extreme lengths setting up and trimming their trainer, 2nd plane, etc. However, this does not diminish the importance of setup and trimming and Quique’s writings as well as Peter Goldsmiths’ et. al. are suitable for beginners, if taken in perspective.

I’m sure we’ve all encountered the pilot that struggles with their flights, only to eventually discover they had been working against a poorly setup plane. It is very difficult to learn anything meaningful on a poorly performing plane. Plane setup is more than measuring control throws and trimming involves more than setting level flight at wide open throttle. A plane can only fly as good as the design, the setup and the trims, regardless of pilot.

I believe there is a benefit to a beginner pilot going thru some of the processes described by these as other writers. Just because some of the detail is geared toward giant scale IMAC ships or competition, etc. ,does not mean it doesn’t apply to your trainer or your aerobatic trainer plane, etc. Of course you must learn how to crawl before you can climb the mountain, so take the trimming/setup advice in small doses. But don’t assume it doesn’t apply to your plane, or you won’t benefit, because you don’t compete with a giant gas burner, or 2M ship, etc. I can’t recall the article details off the top of my head, but most if not all of the advice probably translates back to even the lowly trainer. Even if you just burn holes in the sky, a well behaved (i.e. setup and trimmed) plane is much more enjoyable to fly than a naughty plane.

Cheers.

I found the article, it was the September 2005 issue of MAN.

I know this is the Beginner's forum but if you look around there is a lot of non-beginner topics discussed here.
This is the most popular forum! Many times questions asked in a specific forum go unanswered and do get answered here.
I mentioned this because some of the responses assumed I was a beginner and discussing a trainer plane.
I do not consider myself a beginner, but I still learn a lot from this forum.
However, in this case I was discussing a trainer. I have rebuilt my Eagle II after the damage I and the movers have done to it.
I decided to incorporate some upscale features during the rebuild. I have converted it to a bolt on wing and dual servo ailerons.

I do want to thank everyone for their help! But let's not make assumptions about the person or the questions being asked as we all know what happens when you ASS U ME something.

Thanks,
KW_Counter

Any chance someone can scan the article for me. I have it...in a box somewhere (recently moved) but haven't found it yet. I'm getting ready to assemble my 1/3 cap and want to review what his recommendations were. Particularly, as I recall he showed the proper geometry was not at 90 degrees to the servo arm at neutral.

If anyone has a scan, I would appreciate it.

I'm not sure if this is the correct article, but it's from the Sept. 2005 MA issue. I took a look and it has the ARF set up. However, the fantastic part is that the article right after that is about tweaking/upgrading a Hobbico Hobbistar 60 MKIII with flaperons and screw mounting the wing among other things. I had been looking for some suggestions and there it was! Truely amazing. My local hobby shop has hundreds of back issues and 27 cents later, here are scans of the article.

FOOS - got a version that can be read?

I scanned them in fairly large. The new image system in the forum doesn't enlarge the image 100%. There is a small box in the bottom right corner that should enlarge the image 100%. Or, right click on the image and open in a new window. I compressed the image quite a bit so it may not print well, but should be readable on screen.

Oh, OK that's better. Didn't know it did that.[sm=bananahead.gif] Had to put my hat back on.