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Happy Days:
Good thought Bill but I don’t think this was tip stalling, she was flying too fast for that.

I’m wondering if I might have been too hard on the rudder, expecting sharper turns than she might be capable of. We’ll see next time out.

K.

billscottni:
OK. Check that you don't have more wash out one side than the other

andrew wallace:
bill i was thinking a long the lines that maybe one of the wing panels was warped but you might be right if there's wash out on the wings maybe keith has taken some of the wash out with covering the model
i flew Trevor's at mallusk and it was a big floater  :D

Happy Days:
Now that’s something I hadn’t thought of, :) …wash out. I’ve just been down to the model room and had a close look at the whole bird.

I can’t see any difference between the structure of the two wing halves although the covering on the left half is a bit slack out near the tip.
What I‘ve also noticed is that the rudder cables have stretched and there’s considerable play on them. So that although the Tx is set with a lot of right ‘trim’ the rudder itself is pointing straight, and very ''floppy". I hadn’t noticed that yesterday. (I didn’t look, if truth be told.)

I’ll tighten up the coverings and the cables and see how she goes next time out. I think the real answer is to wait until gentler conditions. Yesterday was a bit too turbulent.

Thanks for your thoughts lads. 8)

K.

Fred:
Hi Keith,


I never really do it, but you can also check the wing balance.
One side heavier than the other can be of major influence on this type of glider.

Fred

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