Spoilerons

[Ron Van Putte]

On Feb 18, 2004, at 11:56 AM, John Ferrell wrote:

> It may simply be a skill thing, but I have never found "spoilerons or
> Flaperons" useful with a symetrical airfoil. All I have observed was 
> that
> they reduced aileron authority. Since I fly from a 300 foot runway, I
> routinely just shut the engine down.

The first Pattern airplane I used spoilerons on was the Eclipse.  Those 
of us who remember the Eclipse will remember that it landed fast and 
seemed to glide forever.  It made landing precision difficult.  I 
rigged the transmitter to get spoilerons and it made the Eclipse easy 
to put down wherever you wanted.  Most recently I had a similar problem 
with a Typhoon 2+2.  The spoilerons tamed that airplane down also.

Ron Van Putte

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Romano" <anthonyr105 at hotmail.com>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:20 PM
> Subject: Re: prophecy ?
>
>
>> What I found very helpful was spoilerons set to a switch for landing. 
>> On
> my
>> Prophecy I think I had both ailerons come up about 5 degrees but had 
>> it
>> adjustable on a knob. Higher deflections require a down elevator mix. 
>> Try
>> these up high before you start shooting lots of approaches. Sequels,
>> Prophecy's, etc. were so clean a slow nose high approach with a good 
>> very
>> low idle was a necessity for landing.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>>> From: "John Ferrell" <johnferrell at earthlink.net>
>>> Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>>> Subject: Re: prophecy ?
>>> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:57:43 -0500
>>>
>>> I was unaware of the 160 engine. It will probably be necessary to 
>>> shut
> down
>>> the engine to land. A fixed gear Prophecy does well on a standard 
>>> YS120.
>>> Retracts seem to raise the power requirements somewhat.
>>> John Ferrell
>>> http://DixieNC.US
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "jim ivey" <jivey61 at msn.com>
>>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:55 PM
>>> Subject: re: prophecy ?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>> All the posts I have seen about your Prophecy are correct. 3/8 throw
> is
>>> more
>>>> than enough all the way around. My concern would be that you will 
>>>> have
> a
>>>> bullet on your hands with the power of the 160. Not trying to scare
> you
>>> but
>>>> I would not fly it over 1/2 throttle, maybe 7000 rpm. The plane
> grooves
>>> like
>>>> no other sport plane you will ever have and can really scoot at full
>>>> throttle. I have had 2 prophecys and I powered the first one with a 
>>>> YS
>>> 140FZ
>>>> which was more than enough power.
>>>> Plan on cruising around easy at first to get used to it and you 
>>>> won't
>>> have
>>>> any problem with the plane. Just go easy on the power.
>>>>
>>>> jim Ivey
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> jivey61 at msn.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> From: Tim Wortkoetter <twortkoetter at yahoo.com>
>>>>> Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>>>> To: nsrca <discussion at nsrca.org>
>>>>> Subject: re: prophecy ?
>>>>> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:38:31 -0800 (PST)
>>>>>
>>>>> John,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just set up the control throws and the elevator
>>>>> doesn't look like 3/8" isn't very much.  I have never
>>>>> flown anything like this before so I just want to make
>>>>> sure that it is enough.  I usually have more throw on
>>>>> my extra and sport planes.  Still in the learning
>>>>> curve and if there is anything I should know about my
>>>>> first time flying a 2m please let me know.  Thanks in
>>>>> advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim Wortkoetter
>>>>>
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