Personal Maidenfest this Sunday

[sihinch]

It was just a great day to be out with TEMAC people!  Thanks so much everyone, for making it so much fun.

And yes, I maidened my slipstream and x plane! Wow! Wow! Wow!

S

[Polecat]

It was just a great day to be out with TEMAC people!  Thanks so much everyone, for making it so much fun.

And yes, I maidened my slipstream and x plane! Wow! Wow! Wow!

S

Simon   You didn't maiden the Nemie!!!

[pmackenzie]

It was just a great day to be out with TEMAC people!  Thanks so much everyone, for making it so much fun.

And yes, I maidened my slipstream and x plane! Wow! Wow! Wow!

S

Everything OK with the transmitter program?
Looked scary fast just sitting on the bench

[sihinch]

I decided the ground would be too bumpy this early in the season for the Nemie. Soon!

And yes, Pat, the programming was awesome, thanks. Thank you for all your help. I now need to learn from it.

The only changes we made was to the throws. Was just a bit too wild for me. But it's dialed in now.

Need to sort the elevator mix for landing mode and also I want to experiment more with the thermal mode.

[Ededge2002]

Yes thank you Pat!

  You saved what little sanity I have left and the programing worked correctly.  There are a couple little things to work out but I think Ive got them figured.  The amount of down elevator needed to do the full flap/spoiler mode was not attainable in the trim of the elevator.  I think we can put in an offset in the "landing mode" to the elevator and rework the trim from there.  What I did was made the third flight mode a half landing setting with half flaps and ailerons and all the elevator compensation we had available in the trim.  It worked and was easily done on the tx in a couple clicks of the trims.

It was a joy to see the plane fly and to see Simon having a good time with was worth the effort.

[Michael]

I had a great time! 

[Ededge2002]

Both of those photos are shadowed not only by the wingspan of these two but there quality of flight and build Michael.  Great job!

[pmackenzie]

Yes thank you Pat!

  You saved what little sanity I have left and the programing worked correctly.  There are a couple little things to work out but I think Ive got them figured.  The amount of down elevator needed to do the full flap/spoiler mode was not attainable in the trim of the elevator.  I think we can put in an offset in the "landing mode" to the elevator and rework the trim from there.  What I did was made the third flight mode a half landing setting with half flaps and ailerons and all the elevator compensation we had available in the trim.  It worked and was easily done on the tx in a couple clicks of the trims.

It was a joy to see the plane fly and to see Simon having a good time with was worth the effort.

Try changing the elevator mix from

chx 100% ELE

to

chX  100% ELE no trim
+100%  TrmE

The normal way gives about 25% maximum trow as trim.
If you put it on a separate line then you can get up to 100% trim, with trim by flight mode as before.

The trims will however be a bit coarser this way.

You could do it so that the second line was only active in the landing modes
and leave the trim in the regular mix line.

chx 100%    ELE
+100% TrmE    Flight modes (Landing1, Landing2)

This way the coarser trim steps will only be in the landing modes, where it won't be so critical.
And you can still make all the changes just by using the trim switch in real time in flight.
This also has the advantage that the trims you have already set for the other flight modes will be undisturbed.

edit - I should also add that "offset" in a mix line does not move the output, it changes the way the input is read into the mix.
If you want to add a fixed offset to a servo then add another line to the mix for that channel that is enabled only when you want it.

+30%  MAX     Switch (whatever condition you want)

Adjust the weight of the mix to adjust the offset.

But I would go with the TrmE method since you can tweak everything with the trims alone.

Pat MacKenzie

[piker]

Congratulations to everyone who test flew their plane(s) yesterday.


It's so nice when test flights go well so you can enjoy the aircraft for the great flying season to come.

[Ededge2002]

I was struggling with my phone but managed to get Frank's Norseman take off and landing maiden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yngnc8EbyXQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[pmackenzie]

Even easier way to fix the running out of trim throw problem  :
Simply enable "extended trims" in the first model setup page and the trims will allow you to go to full throw

Pat MacKenzie

[sihinch]

Now that sounds like my kin of solution, Pat! Thank you.

I'll try that one tomorrow.

[gmcnic]

I was struggling with my phone but managed to get Frank's Norseman take off and landing maiden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yngnc8EbyXQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Nice capture of the maiden moment!  Thanks Ed.
Was that Frank face-planting at the end ?

Looks like it was a really special day and congrats to all those who maidened!
...wish I had been there.

[pmackenzie]

Now that sounds like my kin of solution, Pat! Thank you.

I'll try that one tomorrow.

When you try it make sure the existing trim positions are not altered.

I don't think they will be, but double check in all flight modes just to be sure.


Pat

[Frank v B]

Graham,


"Was that Frank face-planting at the end"



That was me kissing the ground after the successful maiden flight. 


Frank