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Offline Chalenge

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mtnman your OlyIII
« on: August 09, 2010, 02:29:12 AM »
Have you noticed any spiral instability in your modified OlyIII? You would see it as a nose tuck and roll counter to any slip you come out of.
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Re: mtnman your OlyIII
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2010, 05:50:52 AM »
I think most planes exhibit that to some extent, and I've seen some in my Oly too.  Not bad at all, it basically flies itself, I just need to turn it once in a while.  It's a simple plane to fly.  When it goes into a bank, It doesn't try to return to level flight very quickly, but it doesn't really tighten its bank either.  It's stability seems fairly "neutral", or "normal".  I wouldn't say it's negative.

What I did see initially was a strong adverse yaw effect.  I slaved the rudder to the ailerons at a rate of 50%, and that went away.  I increased the aileron deflection, but haven't increased the rudder to correspond, I think I may still need to.  I haven't tried a roll lately, but when I have it's really tough to get it over.  Loops are easy of course.

Here's a video of one of my flights.  It was pretty breezy, and I actually launched it with a tailwind from over my right shoulder (you'll notice I was close to stalling it on the launch).  The mailbox is actually my neighbors, my house id the one I launch directly towards, buried in the trees.  That's my son and I on the road.

I've been so busy with work that I haven't had much time to fly it, and when I do, the conditions aren't so good.  This was one of my best days, and I only had about 1/2 hour to devote to it.  I'm a long way from figuring out the specifics on this plane, and haven't thermal flown a sailplane in 15 years, so I'm rusty...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zaEd8Hpnc
« Last Edit: August 10, 2010, 06:04:06 AM by mtnman »
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