[NSRCA-discussion] more sportsmans set up questions....

Wed Jun 14 09:33:23 AKDT 2006

Dean,

I've started flying a Focus II in sportsman myself this year and I remember 
trying a few different things as far as control throws went over the winter.

For the elevator I had my caller/dad look over my shoulder for a sequence 
and watch the amount of elevator throw.  I just kept adjusting the throw 
until I was using about 80-85% max.

Ailerons were adjusted intil I got a roll rate that I liked, and wasn't too 
fast to get a consistant exit from the rolls.  I found that too much caused 
me to hunt for wings level and actually made it harder to hold altitude 
during the rolls.

For the rudder I have two rates.  Low is for everything except stall turns 
(and then only for the rotation).  Low is set to give smooth rudder 
corrections without the plane jumping around.  High is about an inch and a 
half measured at the top of the rudder.  I could do the stall turn on low 
rate, but I found during calm conditions high is much easier.  High rate 
really comes in handy when I'm admiring my pretty upline, patting myself on 
the back and forget that the plane is bleeding off speed and I might want to 
add some rudder.

I hope that helps and I didn't just bore everyone.  If you're interested 
I'll measure the actual throws.

Rick

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>From: Dean Funk <deanfunk1 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] more sportsmans set up questions....
>Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:59:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
>more stuff I am thinking about...
>
>Would it be a good ideal to set up a flight mode with
>just the minimum elevator throw needed to pull a nice
>big loop, immelman, and split s with full stick
>movment. I am thinking it might help improve my
>radiuses and help establish more consistent bottom and
>top lines.
>
>then have another flight mode with a lot of rudder for
>that stall turn...
>
>I am trying to improve my geometry and feel like I
>have too much elevator travel, and my rudder
>corrections seem too abrupt....
>
>thanks again all....
>
>
>
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