Quest questions...

[Emory Schroeter]

Hey Earl,

He doesn't have any down yet, but does have about 4-5 degrees of right thrust since he is turning a 20X15 APC electric prop. I don't know what type of mount he is using. I know it should have some down stick when inverted, but right now, it takes a lot of down. He says as he has moved back the cg, the plane has become easier to land (not so fast).

Thanks, Emory.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Earl Vincent 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:14 AM
  Subject: Re: Quest questions...


  Emory, What is he using as a motor mount on the electric, make sure he does not have up or down thrush in the motor, it should be at 0 down with 2 degrees right. No wing shimming was done but this plane even when
  very tail heavy takes some down inverted, when you are to tail heavy it will be a bear to land. I learned the hard way. I may have stated the pitch wrong, under med rudder inputs i.e. normal knife edge no mix, hard rudder
  inputs knife edge loops etc. it will come to the canopy slightly.
  Earl Vincent
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Emory Schroeter 
    To: Pattern NSRCA 
    Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 8:38 PM
    Subject: Quest questions...


    Hello,

    I wanted some input from those of you that have been flying a Quest from Creek Hobbies. A guy at my field is flying one and is trying to get it trimmed correctly. He has it set-up using an electric motor, similar to what Jason flew at the worlds. The power is great and the speed is so consistent. He will be flying intermediate and I think that is going to be a great plane. Anyway, here are my questions...
    1) Where are most of you running  your CG? He has his about 1/2-3/4" behind what is recommended.
    2) Did you have to adjust or shim the wing to get the proper incidence?

    Most of what I have seen posted on this list about that plane is that it doesn't require any mixing. His pitches to the canopy in knife edge and requires a lot of down pressure on the stick when inverted. Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks, Emory Schroeter.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20031201/b2a93b52/attachment.html