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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: April 28, 2009, 12:32:22 PM »

well keith, just saw ur vid , very good ,bet it was windy that day  :lol:
yeah like yourself i find i have a nice bit of fun with her at about 10 mph winds , believe it or not she is flyable to 4 or 5 mph depending on the slope,
MY TOP TIP:
                  if you want to see whats shes like in light conditions , you can probably do this in your flaps mode, droop ailerons to about 10 degrees (no more)for normal flight mode , and wait for a steady wind of about 5 mph and unload ur ballast box. throw her off and enjoy  

Warning : be VERY carefull with your stick movements, easy does it, likened to milking a mouse  :lol:

yeah ive tried areobatics with her , loops, immelmanns ,split s ect im working on the stall turn at the mo , rudder isnt very effective  :?

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: April 27, 2009, 13:21:09 PM »

hey hey !! im back, i was lucky enough to have the phase 6 test flown in both light and heavyish winds. first of all i dialled in abot 45 % expo in both the ailerons and elevator, that helped an awful lot , can still suprise you but a vast improvement, i was then thinking of turning my rates waaaaay down but thought better of it ( there might come a day where i might need them) so im reasonably happy again

how are you getting on with the repairs on your one keith?
do you think the phase 6 prefers light conditions, i think mine does  :lol:
or mabey its me

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: April 05, 2009, 15:30:21 PM »

i think you might be on to something there , i even tried 15% fuel to try and get it to run better................. but alas no it was still the same ,
and as regards gliding , thats one of the reasons i took it up becouse , sometimes you just get pissed off with engines  :evil:
i bought it off a guy with a shop outside ennis , ill take it back and let him look it over.
MY PHASE 6 : I STILL  havent got around to test flying it yet , with D.O.E tests and the like.
as regards the fly -in ill have to see, my circumstances have changed ,
but,  yes, i would like to go  

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How to... / tuning an O.S. 46 LA

« on: April 05, 2009, 00:47:02 AM »

hi fred.
ok the facts :
fuel: 5%
glowplug an OS no 8
the engine probably has had mabey 4-5 hrs use
looking through the manual, it seems that i may need a tacho to tune it right, its rated for an rpm of 15,000 at optimum settings , but this cannot be reached when stationary , it seems that in the air the motor unwinds and THEN reaches th 15,000 rpm , ah i dont know , its kinda pissin me off at the moment :evil:

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: April 05, 2009, 00:34:32 AM »

thats good keith im glad its just a minor prang, although any prang causing damage can be a pain, :x
yeah my 46 la , i was looking at the manual for it  i think tuning it may call for a tacho, its just funny cos all the other os engines i had were fine , i never had a problem tuning them.
the manual says a 46 should drive an 11x6 prop i think i will try a10x6 or an 11x5 first just to be sure , ill definitely keep the leakage in the crank case in mind aswell. how is that fixed ?? tighten the bolts??
im sorry im not very good with engines and stuff :oops:

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How to... / tuning an O.S. 46 LA

« on: April 03, 2009, 11:02:51 AM »

hi ,
ever since ive owned the 46 la engine i find it almost impossible to tune it correctly. :!:
i have other O.S. engines (.25 fx, .91fx, 1.20 fx and never had a problem tuning them, the difference is that when leaning out the engine , you can definitely hear a pitch change.
but when leaning out the 46 you keep leaning it out , and dont hear a pitch change at all !
and what i find aswell is that to get it to run properly you have to make it run terribly rich.and if you tune it to where it should be the head of the engine gets very hot.
by the way i was using an 11x6 prop , i wander should i try the 10x6 or an 11x5 prop.
or has anyone had a similar experience , or know of a trick to tune it properly. mabey its just the l.a. series of engine
thanks
luke

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: April 02, 2009, 10:59:17 AM »

hi keith, sorry to hear bout your prang. hope there wasnt too much damage, was it C.G. related
im still waiting to test fly my own one since modifying the fuselage.

and totally unrelated: i have an O.S. 46la that wont behave aswell  :lol:

will she fly again keith?

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: March 27, 2009, 12:54:03 PM »

hi fred, well i thought i might try that first anyways, im not a big fan of expo . i think my problem is that im trying to turn a slope racer into a floater.  :lol:

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: March 27, 2009, 10:31:27 AM »

thanks again lads,
i think i will have to revisit the test flight, ive been tinkering around with the rates, ive the rates reduced to about 50 % in both aileron and elevator.
to try and tame her down abit
and im now waiting patiently for the next test flight.

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Slope Soaring / thank you all

« on: March 26, 2009, 13:01:05 PM »

Thank you all very much for all your input :clap: . so the short version is that i can play away with the incidence , but she will still handle the same  :oops:
i weighed the amount of lead needed to balance her aswell does it seem excessive at 100 grms ?it just seems alot to me
ill just keep playing around with the rates until im happy(ish)
thanks again lads

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: March 26, 2009, 09:55:41 AM »

wow, jeez lads thanks alot. i seem to have opened up an aerodynamical can of worms here  :lol:

ok.... The Facts:
when pushed into a  45+ degree dive she keeps going straight with no hint of coming up, AND doesnt tuck under either.
she is at the stated c.g. 4 1/2 inches from the l.e.
she is also a heavy bird 3 1/4 pound weight recomended weight is approx 21/2 - 2/3/4 pound weight

the only other thing im thinking is that, when fitting the horiz stab i had to do a little bit of filling (because it was very tight) therefore ,did i unknowns to my self change the angle of incidence??

and if i did will tipping the wing down decreasing the angle of incidence by say 1 or 2 degree , how will that effect flight e.g handling AND c.g.
Add that to the pot  

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: March 25, 2009, 14:19:37 PM »

Im soooooo sorry keith, just had so much on my mind lately.
as i said, when pushed into a dive she will not come out of her own accord. all im really trying to do is to make her nicer to fly and try to lighten her.
ive been trawling the www looking for an answer to this: what effect does changing the angle of incidence do to the flight pattern of an rc glider?[/u]

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Slope Soaring / phase 6

« on: March 24, 2009, 10:27:13 AM »

your right ther fred , that could be another thing to check. i think your missing me there a bit, what im trying to do is lighten her, and try to make her a little bit more user friendly. im going to try and reduce the angle of incidence in the wing, if i put a 2mm strip uder the t.e. of the wing it reduces the angle of incidence by 1 degree,

yeah that would be nice alright , meet other sick people like myself  :lol:
but im very rarely down cork way . im usually around killaloe,

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Slope Soaring / phase 6

« on: March 23, 2009, 10:55:57 AM »

well keith,
              sorry bout your misshap, funny you should say that becouse my phase 6 has to be pulled out of a dive, she wont come out herself, and this tends to be a little scary when your winding up for a loop(s) i think i have c.g. issues , what im doing at the moment in an attempt to lighten her a little is drill 11/2 inch holes down the side of the fuse and do the same with the elevator and rudder, i dont know, it mabey a fools errand but worth a try coz theres waaaay too much lead in the nose to balance her.i reckon i might have saved 20g-50g already
hope everything fixes right for you fred
hope you will be in the air soon
luke

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Slope Soaring / phase 6 test flight

« on: January 24, 2009, 22:48:48 PM »

jeez keith just had a peek at ur phase 6 on the other forum, Nice  
truly is a work of art , well done  :clap: