Hi all,

Got any advice on what would be a reasonable starting point for setting rudder throws on a conventional tailed quickie?

Dave

Ive heard 3/16 of an inch is a good place to start.

Stefan

My first racer was a dodger with a conventional tail setup and I was told to have enough rudder so that on take off full right rudder kept the plane straight. How much throw that was depends on the plane I would think.

Dito,,, this will take a few times practicing the take offs to determin the right amount of throw.


BV

For the first try, I'd go a little more than 3/16" ... call it 5/16" or 3/8" (OK, 7mm to 10mm for those in the civilized world) ... better to have a little too much and ease off as it goes down the runway than to watch helplessly as it slews left and catches a wingtip on that one tall weed. [:@]

Good point... I know my Doddger didn't have quite enough on the first flight and I just missed the pits [X(] ... A few clicks on the computer radio and it was all good.

Since you don't really use rudder at all while flying the course, except for landings and takeoffs, I go with as much rudder throw as I can get. if the plane is set up right, it will track straight around the course without any rudder input. I always am comfortable with more rudder than less. just how i fly

when flying quickies, the accepted manner of take off is the the full power push. The torque of the engine will always try to pull you left.

For quickies the safe practice is to have it set up so 1/2 or 3/4 stick is the perfect amount for take-off, leaving the remainder of travel for emergency purposes. But who every has those...

Emergancies??? I don't know what you're talking about Quickies always do exactly as they are told, and the pusher always pushes the same every time