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My new hobby- paraglider

Thats a T750 right? you like it?

Legal Hiran, voce voou ele sempre com a turbina mais baixa do que a original, ou vc ja voou ele com a posicao original ?

Good to see you hanging around .... hahaha

at+,Enrique

Enrique

In was going to ask Hiran if the lowered thrust line made a difference to the way the 'roo flies.

Did you just do that?

John

Yes, it makes a brutal difference. It flies pretty much like the hotspot wich has no discernible pitch
trim change at different throttle levels. But, there is a loss. you cant make the famous kangaroo
flop... and thats why I am rebuilding my roo!

yes, the turbine is FTE 750 and is very good. I have two fte-750, one kankaroo and other in hot spot.

John, just recieved a PM from Hiran and he asked to me to tell in my slightly better (?) english
that he flew the first flights with the roo with the original mounting and he hated how the plane
pitched down at low speed at 100% power. So he lowered the thrust line and improved it very much.but it still needs some engine angle to make it perfect.

Enrique

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My old kangaroo

Hi. Nice engine mount revision. Well done, good thinking. Paul.

attractive this modification!!! This is for getting more speeds?

Hiran, mas com certeza realçou pra melhor a aparência do Roo!! Parabéns!


Regards

Fabio

Here is my Modified Roo. Flies Great and now CG is no Problem
Ron

Help - I have a Fiberclassics Composite Roo that I bought 2 years ago at the Superman Jet Rally. I put a Jetcat P80 in it and it is almost ready to fly. I have taxiied it about, but I need to balance it. The original instructions call for the CG to be located 95-100mm forward of the wing tube. This places the CG 4" forward of the wing tube or close to the main retract struts. Is this the correct CG position?

The P80 is mounted on the pod with 3 washers under the rear of the P80. Is this correct?

The Elevons are split on each side of the wing, but each pair of servos on each wing are wyed together. What is the techinal reason for this design? Does anyone use the inner Aileron half as Flaps or is this setup just a redundancy?

1) Yes, this is the right c.g. position

2) Yes, this washers help to reduce the pitch down tendency at full power in lower speeds.

3) Yes, the primary control on the roo is elevon, the 2 servos working together.You can´t use them as flaps, because they will act as elevators... The flap function on this plane is done by the underbelly speed brake.


B.Regards, Enrique

I have balanced the Roo at 100mm forward of the wing tube, with the fuel tank empty. I am using a 2 liter pop bottle as a tank. The model is significantly more nose heavy with a full tank of fuel. Is this normal? How much different does the model behave from the beginning to the end of the flight?

Any recommendations on control throws?

There is no significant trim change from the beggining thru the end of the flight. the most significant unique flight characteristic of the roo is the pitch down tendency when you are flying at full throttle at less than cruise speed, like right at takeoff or when you abort a landing. be ready to hold a lot of up elevator in this situations without concern, because is next to impossible to overotate a roo.

about the settings, here are some useful threads...

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_32...tm.htm#3241518

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_29...tm.htm#2976200

BR, Enrique

Hiran,

How is the engine afixed to the Roo?

Reuben

The engine is mounted to the pod, with the JetCat Kangaroo bracket, using 4 screws, with three washers under each of the back two screws.

I have both the JR9303 and Futaba 9CAP radios. I was advised to couple the Wheel Brakes, on my Kangaroo, with Down Elevator. I have used Pmix1, at 100% mix, between Elevator/Master and Ch7/Slave. While I have Ch7 set to accuate with the Left Slider Lever, I only get Full braking when I use the Slider lever. I only get 50% braking when I use Down Elevator. Both JR and Futaba say that is the best I can do.

Has anyone else found a way to get full braking with Down Elevator?

What kind of brake valve are you using?


Enrique

I have the Mini-Hobbies MHBrake electronic brake valve. It has two receiver leads. One connects to the Brake channel and one connects to the Retract channel so that when the Retracts are Up, the brakes won't come on while using Down Elevator in flight and use up air. I put in a separate air tank for the Brakes, so that is not an issue in my plane. I chose Ch7 as the Brake channel.

Well, the second wire for the retract channel is sweet, but not needed at all. You need only to disable the PMIX braking function while the gear switch is in the up position, so you didn´t waste air while flying, a good thing to do even if you have a separate air tank. About the problem of the lack of throw for the brake, presuming that your ATV on channel 7 is at 140 , you can make 2 mixes for the same channel , duplicating the servo throw. best thing to do this IMO is using a standard servo, so you could see how your mixing is working out.

Best regards, Enrique

I increased the ATV on Pmix1 to 140. That in it self did not help me get more braking out of Down Elevator, but when I set up Pmix2, the same as Pmix1, and turned it on, Down Elevator now gives me 100% braking.

Can you explain why that works?

Good to hear that you resolved the problem.
It works because the mixings are accumulative.. pmix1+pmix2 on the same slave channel=lots of throw!


Enrique