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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight
« on: March 25, 2009, 15:45:39 PM »Quote from: Happy Days
I don't know of any planes that come out of a dive without at least a little "up" evelator.
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Are you saying you expect the plane to pull it'self out of a dive?
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I've always found that if a plane is in a dive I have to pull back on the stick for a moment to return the model to level flight. When it's in level flight I can let go of the controlls and (if properly trimmed) she'll continue in straight and level flight.
(sorry for interrupting)
according to basic aerodynamics,
plane trimmed for straight and level flight at given air speed
will recover from a dive as it's air speed increases - increase of speed will cause increase of a lift.
whether it has enough altitude is another question
just my 2c.