Sunday, July 13, 2025
Experiment findings.
I haden't noticed it when flying the first two planes but the Nomad test mule showed it. The wings were level and didn't flip when I did a hard corner. It's called "hinging" in the hobby. I set up more planes like the others and flew them finding the same wings level with no tendency to wiggle in hard corners. It makes the maneuvers look cleaner and should score higher. I've tested several types of planes from different designers, some with balsa rib wings and sheeted foam core. Some profile fuselage some full fuselage and one with no fuselage. My Swizzle Plane. And one electric powered plane. All with the leadouts adjusted so that the plane hangs a little nose up with an empty tank. All gave me the same level and steady wing. I even set one up with a 2 ounce weight on the nose. Then at the field I flew it with the weight on and then took the weight off and flew it again with no change to the leadout position and no change in flight charastics that I could see. According to Voo Doo logic the plane shouldn't have flown at all.
I'm saying that everything we have been told about setting the leadouts is that it works but not very well. On top of that I found that I'm the only person in the world today that knows where his leadouts are. Every one else only knows that his plane flys well the way he wants it too but he don't know why.
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Super!
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