Man, this was a great article. I was fortunate to see the results of that work in action at a local Socal contest. The best way to describe Bob's flight, was the plane looked EXACTLY like an RC ship in flight. That is, it didn't look at all like a typical plane swinging on the end of a string. The appearance was as if, if you cut the lines, it would simply proceed to fly normally like a well-trimmed RC pattern ship. VERY UNIQUE. Bob won that contest by the way-very hotly contested.
As someone who is in the unique position of flying A LOT of other people’s planes, the single biggest impediment I immediately notice is, dificiency in trim. I never ceased to be amazed just how much more performance they could get out of their ships for want of better trim. Way too much focus on gizmos and tech, and not enough of the good old time religion.
Topic: Bob Whitely's trimming article (Read 1397 times)