<div>If by "weathervane" you mean the plane should do that on its own, I don't think so. You should have to give it rudder to make it weathervane in some situations.</div> <div> </div> <div>I would think on a downline the plane should NOT weathervane on its own, it should seek a vertical line relative to the air around it. You should have to hold a little rudder into the wind to keep the track vertical, relative to the ground. On the upline, you should have to hold a little rudder away from the wind to keep the nose from falling over.</div> <div> </div> <div>JMHO</div> <div> </div> <div>Bob R.</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>JShulman <jshulman@cfl.rr.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><SPAN class=330570717-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Hi Bob,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN
class=330570717-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=330570717-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>The airplane should weathervane into the wind, as long as the track of the plane is straight (track- actual line/path of the plane). </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <div><FONT size=2>Regards,<BR>Jason<BR>www.jasonshulman.com<BR>www.shulmanaviation.com<BR>www.composite-arf.com</FONT> </div> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bob Wilson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 09, 2007 8:53 AM<BR><B>To:</B> nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Rudder<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Some great ideas.</DIV> <DIV>I'm going to give the 60-70% rudder expo a
shot and see how it works.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'd like to do the stall turns on low rate, as Jason reccommends, but when stall turning into the wind my practice airplane will not go vertical (on the downline) unless I have high rates (it weathervanes slightly towards the wind). </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I also liked John Pavlick's recommendation on the two consecutive rolls. I'm probably being too anal in coordinating rudder, aileron and elevator because I always seem to run out of room.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So much to learn and the damn winter is coming!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks guys,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Wilson</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>