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phase 6 test flight
Happy Days:
Hey Luke,.........you asked me to let you know about the evelator response.
Well, I maidened her on Tuesday with the min advised 3/16" up & down movement I found her rather "twitchy". If the truth be told I was a little surprised to have got her down in one piece.
After adding 20% expo she was much better behaved. Climbed better too. :D
Today I took her out again, this time with with the max recomended 5/16" movement. I maintained the 20% expo and found that once again she was very sensitive to both evelator and aileron stick movement. Answer: More expo. Eventualy with 35% expo on the elevator, and 25% on the aileron she was handling smoothly. :D
Loops are very .............don't know what word to use,..........prompt and tight. (with the stick fully back)
Rolls are quite rapid with only little loss of height. (This is also when moving the stick all the way.)
Inverted is fine too, though I had to keep the stick a bit forward all the time as she's only got the semi-symetric wing.
Rudder doesn't seem very effective. I've got it set to max 1&1/2 " movement but she is very lazy in terms of Yaw.
Landing, :oops: ..............er.......that's another matter. She comes in like a bloody missile. I don't envy you trying to put a Phase 6 on the ground with out any form of braking. I'm fine with mine because I've got spoilerons, but as you're only using a single aileron servo you must be a better pilot than me Luke. :clap:
So, how have you been getting on with yours?
K.
luke:
well done keith, theres a glass of brandy waiting for you in the pitts :lol:
sounds like you had your hands full, it must be a thing with the phase 6 mine was the exactly the same , thats why i asked im not a great fan of expo,i dont like the deadness in the sticks, but when i tried it i went as far as 20% and stopped i just fly her regular (no expo ) although a little mitnt hurt.she`s still in one piece id like to take her out again. i know what you mean about the landings , before i was trying the long approach but could never bleed enough speed off to land her..............so then i tried the fast about turn landing , (this involes all the surfaces rudder ,elevator, aileron in unison in a real tight turn, it works you bleed off so much speed , but can get a little too exciting at times :shock:
wellwear with your phase 6 , and stick up a pic , id like to see it
regards
luke
Happy Days:
Yeah, these Phase 6's certainly keep you on your toes!
We must keep trying Luke. As the old saying goes, "Defeat is momentary"
There's a picie of mine on this forum.......Misc > "Prob Building Phase 6 Fuselarge"
Keith
luke:
jeez keith just had a peek at ur phase 6 on the other forum, Nice :D
truly is a work of art , well done :clap:
Happy Days:
Hi Luke, how are you getting on with the Phase 6?
I have to say mine is looking decidedly battle scared.. :( As you may have seen in other threads of the forum I lost all elevator control when the plane was diving from 6-700 feet above the valley floor and she just nose dived into the ground.
I've also found that sometimes when landing, just as I flare, the rudder "grounds". I've chamfered the underside of the rudder now but this problem of rudder grounding has caused some damage to the rudder and on one occasion removed the fin as well.
On the positive side I found the Phase 6 is rather good at 4 point rolls. (Not that mine are exactly 90 degree points :oops: ) Have you tried any?
Keith
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