kdunlap

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So, I am working with my new etude. When my airplane is established on an upline it arcs to the left. So, I am thinking I need a right thrust adjustment. I have a pletty mounted on an F3A engine mount. My question is where should I shim the motor to add more right thrust? Do I do option 1 or option 2? Or, is there an option 3? Thanks for your help! Ken

big_G

Option 1...simple

KC8QPU

Ken are you going to have that ready for Green Sea?

kdunlap

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I don't know if I can make Green Sea. Will be at Charlotte for sure. If I do make it to Green Sea, I will fly my Mythos 125, which is dialed in very well. It likes high winds.

wingster

My Feedback: (26)

Before you make thrust adjustments you might want to make sure your rudder trim isn't off a couple of clicks.

kdunlap

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What I am going to do is double check the rudder and make sure it is set at 0. (I'm pretty sure it is) Then fly a couple of more uplines and feed in rudder trim. I'm told if you take half of this measurement in degrees that's what you need to add in right thrust.

kdunlap

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It looked like the engine was set fine. So I added 6 clicks of right rudder trim and pulled about 15 uplines. Flies the up lines better. Will mess with thrust later.

wingster

My Feedback: (26)

Try flying directly away from you or towards you. If the planes in a straight line the rudder trim is confirmed. A curved path indicates the rudder trim is not correct.

KC8QPU

As long as there is no cross wind.

wingster

My Feedback: (26)

As long as the cross wind is steady it will still fly a straight line if the rudder trim is correct.