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Offline Motorman

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« on: July 10, 2013, 06:04:42 PM »
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Re: Tractor to Pusher (prop)
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2013, 06:09:22 PM »
Yes.  You'll spend more time retrimming the plane for the new prop rotation.
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Re: Tractor to Pusher (prop)
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2013, 09:07:50 PM »
I have no clue.  But whatever it is, it'll take longer than swapping two wires on the motor.
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Re: Tractor to Pusher (prop)
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 12:46:46 AM »
If you have a CC ESC you can do it in the settings.

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Re: Tractor to Pusher (prop)
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 04:53:45 AM »
When switching from tractor to pusher:
* Switching any two motor wires will reverse the motor rotation.  Most ESC's can also be programmed to accomplish this - do what is easiest.

* Not all of the the pushers are direct mirror images of the tractors - you may have to tweak the RPM up or down a little.  I always suggest erring to the slow side then sneaking up on your setting.  

* Trimming: the differences are pretty subtle, they will not make your airplane crash.  However:

*With a pusher you will probably note more yaw and a increase in line tension.  You can probably move the leadouts forward a little.  If you can adjust your rudder offset you can likely take it to NONE.  Both of those will reduce the yaw and drag, and in effect speed-up the airplane, so in extreme cases you may be able to go back and lower your RPM a little.

* Sometimes the opposite prop rotation will also expose behaviors that look like a wing warp - a tab or flap tweak might come into play.  For me this is easiest to see in the overhead eight - where differences in inside and outside loop line tension and rolling are easiest to see.
« Last Edit: July 11, 2013, 07:34:21 PM by Dennis Adamisin »
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