[NSRCA-discussion] Joy of Trim
Koenig, Tom
Tom.Koenig at actewagl.com.au
Thu Apr 17 15:56:58 AKDT 2008
Chris,
Not sure if Bryan has responded privately-BUT-It sounds like you have
got yourself in a knot here. I'd suggest to start at the beginning
again. Carefully analyse what the plane is doing. Are you truly flying
straight and level-hands off?
It is imperative that you analyse each change that you make-then stop
and think again, make one change at a time and listen to what the plane
is telling you.
It is very easy to loose the plot doing this! I realise I haven't given
you specific answer-but I'd suggest starting again.
Tom
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Sent: Friday, 18 April 2008 6:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Joy of Trim
Ok, back to this again..
Here's what I don't understand with the Triangulation theory.. The
theory itself makes sense.. My plane doesn't unless my cg is way back
still. It fly's very nose heavy now BTW..
My plane still has the up ele trim in knifes, and still pulls to the
canopy in downlines. I went a turn and a half more of positive in the
wings and changed the thrust to zero (The thrust I am going to put back
to 0.5) the day before the contest.. The mix remained the same, and it
didn't help my downlines. But it did neutralize my ele trims from the up
it had in it.
Now here's my problem, I am already more nose heavy than where everyone
else has it, matter of fact, it's hard to slow it down to land, and it
bounces on the gear which it never has before.. Now if I'm correct, my
problems show me I need more positive in my wings and a more forward cg
according to the triangulation. But if I do that, it will make my stabs
go more negative (or down ele trim), which yes, will help my downlines,
but won't it make it pull worse to the gear in knife? I already have 1/8
up ele mixed in it in knife. Granted, with an even more forward cg, that
should help with the pull to the gear. Am I thinking correct here?
It fly's right now like it's nose heavy and the differential in the roll
is horrible..
Thanks
Chris
vicenterc at comcast.net wrote:
Congratulation, you did very good. I don't think you are flying
bad after getting that result. California lovely weather. I am tropical
guy so I love 90 degrees.
I flew yeserday but it was cold and windy. I could not do any
detail trimming in that conditions. I am planing get the incidence at
0.8. Now is 0.6 and it was 0.4. Clearly, the effect of all this was to
reduce the mixing. I am around 6% all around which is less than 0.5
degree movement of control surfaces. That is not that bad. The best cg
position I have seen is between 0.6 to 1" in front of the front edge of
the wing tube. The Abbra tail heavy tracks really bad. I did that test
yesterday moving the batteries.
It looks like the negative TL could be the problem. We need to
get the TL and the incidence as close as possible. I think within 0.5
degree. I will do this next time and I will let you know. I am
traveling this week so hopefully weather permitting I will try to fly
next weekend. I think you need to measure were are you in incidence and
TL relative to the belly pan floor. In this way we can get equivalent
reference.
Thanks,
--
Vicente "Vince" Bortone
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From: krishlan fitzsimmons
<homeremodeling2003 at yahoo.com>
Vicente, SNOW?????????
Holy crap man.. At the Riverside contest today it was
over 90.. I am pretty burned.. lol
Did pretty good though, got a 3952 to Rusty Fried's 4000
out of 5 rounds... I'm pretty happy with that for how bad I seem to be
fighting the plane..
As for the whole trim thing, well, where we left it
last, the Abbra got a little more up thrust (1 washer) and a turn and a
half more postive incidence for now as a test. It feels a little nose
heavy now. Very bouncy on the gear on landing which it has never been
before moving the cg. But the uplines and 45's looked good and felt
good. Still has almost the same mixes in knife though. Downlines still
pull to canopy. The ele now has neutral trim though..
Just FYI..
Chris
vicenterc at comcast.net wrote:
I wish that were breezy here. Weather has been
really bad in Kansas this year. Well, mother nature always wins. We
just to need patient, good weather is coming next week or so. Probably,
I will have a chance to fly tomorrow afternoon. Today is cold and we
are expecting snow.
Have a nice flying weekend,
--
Vicente "Vince" Bortone
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From: "Derek Koopowitz"
<derekkoopowitz at gmail.com>
That is great news, Chad. I'm glad to
hear that the issues got resolved.
I'm also very close on my setup... my
stab is at 0 and the wings are almost +.5. The plane comes standard
without downthrust and I have since added some to help with the pull to
the canopy in the upline - its almost 100% but not quite. I think I may
still be a little tail heavy and will add some nose weight when I get a
day that is calm - it has been a little breezy here. Overall my plane
is flying much better now as well.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Chad
Northeast <chadnortheast at shaw.ca> wrote:
Guys
A while back I posted this, and have
recently got around to the suggestions. Both Bryan and Nat said that
the TL was far too much negative as the Twister has -2.5 deg molded into
the fuse. So away I went, here is a copy of the email (just below) I
sent to them after my flights to resolve it.
Before last week you could have never
convinced me that you could get a plane neutral in knife edge without
giving up something....well I officially stand corrected :-) They know
their stuff, were right on the money and the Twister goes pretty much
anywhere you point it now without mixing (except a bit on downline but I
think I can get rid of that).
I gotta say thanks to Bryan and Nat for
their help, they were bang on, and I would suggest to anyone that you
give their suggestions and honest try, I bet you are more than happy
with the ! ! resul ts !
Chad
Hey guys,
Well finally got out flying, good thing
too since I am off to NY state
again on Monday :-(
So, here is where I was, I broke down
and bought an inclinometer so I
could actually measure the plane
directly....since I am too lazy to do
trig.
Engine, as molded is -2.5 but I was at
-3.5, wing +0.8, stab +0.1.
So I got as much of the down out of it
as possible which leaves me at -1,
I can't do any more without shimming the
motor further out for more
clearance spinner to nose ring. I put
the wing back to +0.5 and left the
stab alone.
First flight today, removed the left
rudder KE mix I had (had none on
right rudder), and downline mix.
- Plane needed a bit of down trim for
level, but was pretty close
- Uplines went to the canopy
- 45 ups inverted pulled over the top
fairly hard
- 45 downs upright were pretty decent
but still dove a bit - recall this
was my major beef with pr! evi! ou s set
up
- knife was pulling to canopy both ways
Second flight - moved CG back as I have
felt that it was too far forward
in general, and I think you would agree
if you saw where it was.
- more down trim
- Uplines became very close
- knife both ways was pretty good,
really solid with right rudder, and
very very close on left (slight belly
pitch)...probably not worth mixing
out
- 45 downs upright were getting better
- downline mix reduced 2% from start
- 45 ups inverted better
Third flight - took out 1/2 turn of
incidence, which by trig should put me
at 0.41+ on the wings
- uplines became perfect, or really
close...would need more flights in
various conditions to nail
- everything else was really close
Fourth flight - decided to adjust stab
since I was carrying a little up
elevator, so I took 1/2 turn out of
adjuster which should being it close
to 0
- this pretty much sealed it
- uplines are as before,! very ! very cl
ose
- no KE mix - even in the KE loop at
high deflections its really, really
good
- took another 1% out of my downline mix
(I am at 2%, started at 5%)
- 45 ups inverted are really good, just
a slight arc over the top
- 45 down upright is finally straight.
I need to spend some more time on it to
really get a good feel, but I
think the downthrust was causing a lot
of problems to this plane. I have
never had it in all aspects of flight
this close yet. I am anxious to get
more time on it and see if the changes
really stick. Unfortunately on
Sunday this plane is going to a buddy
but I plan on incorporating all
these changes on the new Twister which
is why I wanted to get it figured
out now :)
Any further comments? CG is probably
around 33% of MAC, but to be exact I
would have to calculate.
Upline snaps are as you say Bryan, on
axis with no need to lead....I was
pretty happy to see that re! sult :)
C had
> > > From: "Chad Northeast"
<chadnortheast at shaw.ca>
> > > To: "NSRCA Mailing List"
<nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 4:57
PM
> > > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
the joy of trim
> > >
> > >
> > > > Ok you trim masters, here is a
tricky one for you.
> > > >
> > > > Bryan and I have been through
this a bit last year but I
> ran out of
> > time
> > > > before the Worlds to fix it and
just flew with what I had.
> > > >
> > > > On my Twister I have this pesky
problem, the setup is like so,
> > > >
> > > > wing = 1/2+ Bryans suggestion
and I like it
> > > > stab = 0
> > > > motor ! = facto ry cl! aims 2. 5
down, have not measured but
> could if asked,
> > I
> > > > have added more to cure a
problem see below
> > > > CG = has been anywhere from 275
to 300mm from TE mostly
> with the same
> > > > result. Currently its around
285-290 and it feels
> good at that point.
> > 45
> > > > ups inverted track almost hands
off if under enough power.
> > > >
> > > > Symptoms,
> > > >
> > > > Plane flies well, at this setup
I need 0 mix right rudder
> to ele in
> > knife,
> > > > and about 2% up ele with left
rudder in knife,
> > > > about 1/32" down elevator with
idle to fix a downline
> > > > Added downthrust as the increase
in wing inc. and more
> forward CG
> > really
> > > > helped the mix in knife and made
rollers ! easier, but
! > fo rced an
> > increase in
> > > > downthrust as the plane started
pulling to the canopy on
> uplines.> > > Downline mix remained
the same.
> > > >
> > > > The big problem I cannot resolve
is this, a 45 deg down
> upright (motor
> > at
> > > > idle) the plane pitches to the
belly and will not track on
> its own for
> > any
> > > > length of time. If I switch the
idle-down mix off
> its rock solid on
> > that
> > > > line.
> > > >
> > > > I am open to all suggestions now
that I have a bit of time
> to play
> > with
> > > > this, I hope Bryan chimes in
some more as I would like to
> continue> where
> > > > we left off last fall. If you
suggest something I
> will do my best to
> > give
> >! > & gt; it a go! and le t you know
how it works (provided it doesn't
> snow!)> > >
> > > > The plane is basically super
locked in with this setup,
> except for the
> > > > silly 45 down upright, which is
a problem in cubans and such.
> > > >
> > > > Comments and thoughts from the
masters are most
> appreciated :) I
> > consider
> > > > myself one of the, cant really
trim that well but can fly
> through it
> > just
> > > > fine types :)
> > > >
> > > > Chad
> > > >
> > > >
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