Hi Guys,
I aquired a 60 size Beech Staggerwing from my late fathers collection. It has a K&B 61 engine and looks pretty good. I was wondering what kind of elevator and alieron throws that were recommended for this type of plane. I never flew a biplane before so I`ll have the club test- pilot fly it the 1st time.
thanks,
Frank

This is not a good first bi plane to fly. Give your min 1/2 throws and use dual rates. Use flaps if you have them. Take off with good speed and keep speed on through landing. Give the rudder as much throw as possible for take off handling. Fight test, not bench test the engine in another aircraft. You do not want to dead stick this aircraft. If you have to dead stick, land it like the space shuttle.

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The Royal (Marutaka) Staggerwing is a sweet flying aircraft.

No worries, she handles well on the ground and in the air, massive throws are completely unecessary.
Glide ratio is not great, but better than most biplans due to streamlinng and thin airfoil, still don;t try to stretch the glide.
I have a set of plans for this very model in my plans box, I'll see if I can find them this weekend and post the thows for you.

I'm currently drawing plans for a larger (30%) version of this aircraft.