F3A - snap roll query

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

--On Wednesday, November 05, 2003 7:31 PM -0500 Rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:

> Do you mean "one wing panel" is stalled? Most of us are flying planes with "one wing".

OK.  I call the two parts of my monoplane "the left wing" and
the "right wing."  ;o)

> I agree with the "one wing panel is stalled" concept and in fact, you may recall that Earl
> talked about this same thing about 3 months ago in these pages.  That has to occur for a snap
> roll to occur.

That's my theory.  It's what puts the snap in the snap.

> If correct amount of elevator is added a split second
> before the other commands, the snap is far easier and cleaner to perfrom. The wing panel with
> the "up" aileron, stalls far quicker, making for a cleaner, easier to control snap. The trick
> is in the amount and speed of elevator input.

Thanks for the tip.  I'll give it a try.

> BTW the Judging tape shows the nose pitch before the roll, quite clearly

OK.  I'll try to learn how to do it that way.  :o(

								Marty


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