[NSRCA-discussion] Rudder Dual Rate

[John Konneker]

Hey Bob,
I just finished the season in Intermediate.
I'm a "retread"...that is I flew in the early mid '80s then quit until last 
year.
Anyway, back in the '80s I flew with all kind of rates on my Futaba 8SGAP...
sounded like a typewriter!
;-)
Last year when I was getting ready to start back I attended a pattern clinic 
presented by Dave Guerin and Rusty.
At the clinic Dave suggested running high expo, 80%+ on rudder.
That way you had full rudder when you needed it on stall turns but low rate 
automatically at low stick deflection...like takeoffs, wind correction, etc.
That way also prevented the pilot from forgetting which rate he was in or 
getting caught in the wrong one.
I liked it.
JLK



>From: "Bob Wilson" <wilsorc at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>To: NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Rudder Dual Rate
>Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:56:05 -0500
>
>I'm working on the Intermediate pattern and have got a question on dual
>rates.
>Except for the stall turns I like to keep the rudder on a lower rate...this
>keeps me from over-controlling direction changes.
>On the two stall turn maneuvers, however,  I flip it to high rate, but then
>back again as soon as the maneuver is over.
>Just curious if anyone else does this, and, in fact, does anyone alternate
>between low and high rates while flying their respective sequences?  Or, am
>I generating a bad habit?


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