20-05-2020, 11:56 PM
(17-05-2020, 12:08 PM)ianw Wrote: I flew the Airtractor on Saturday. It's the perfect big plane for our field. Takes off in a few meters and goes wherever you point it, (but is not super easy to land on the spot as it carries more speed than I am used to flying the tiger moth). I left the flaps alone, can experiment with those later. It's a bit of a beast taxiing in a breeze and could do with a larger rudder, (or a steerable tail wheel).Brilliant I was certain it would fly nicey
you do have to allow a little more room to land big models.
i think the flaps will help slow it down. To try them out take it up high back off the power a little and deploy the flaps. Most likely it will pitch up a little and you’ll have to put in some down to stop it slowing too much.
One you get a feel for how much if Amy down it needs you can mix that amount of trim in.
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