In my last post I thought I had the timer working to my satisfaction and it was truly flying well so now, I feel compelled to pass on a learning experience. The accelerator sensor is a pad that attaches to the plane flat somewhere. Little is said in the instructions about orientation, and it is easy to read into the instructions that it is assumed that you are mounting it on the inside of a fuselage on the floor. However, on a profile it goes on the bottom of the wing, and it is upside down. There is a setting for this in the timer, but it is easy to misunderstand what you are setting and how to set it since it is done differently from all of the other settings. Until yesterday, I had the setting backwards. Most of the timer functions still worked but they were very muted. Still, I had the plane flying well, it just didn't seem to have the drive I expected from the settings I was using. Others made the same comment. So, on the last flight I had the orientation setting right but I still had the exaggerated boost settings. First thing I noticed was that I could hear the rpm shift in level flight as I went from upwind to downwind. Never did that before! Cool. Ok, RWO time. BadAss motors are all too quiet, so I am sure those watching clearly heard the "WTF was that" as the plane literally blasted off like it had afterburners. I aborted and just flew it around noting where it kicked in and where it braked to get a feel where to set things. I decided to treat it as a new setup and reset the timer to default settings. Two trim flights today to reset sensitivity, Nose Up and G-Force. What a difference it makes when the boost/brake happens when it is supposed to. So why am I telling you how dumb I am? Maybe someone getting their first Fiorotti timer will not make the same mistake and conclude that the timer is a bust. Don't let anybody tell you that electric is less trouble than IC. It is full of ways to screw up. But, once you get it figured out, it is worth it.
As for the logarithmic, now I am beginning to appreciate it. At first, I had a rather "so what is this all about" since I didn't really see any difference. It is very subtle and doesn't really show till you learn how to feel it. Today I was able to feel it and finally see the difference. I didn't *need* it to turn a tight corner. I didn't *need* it to turn a quality corner but having it lets me turn a tight quality corner. Not too many people use them so it is difficult to get a discussion going where I can learn from others.
Ken