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| 11-18-2012 01:47 PM | ||
| mobird |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider Had a little problem today with the Maggy. I found that the ailerons were giving intermittent response. Sometimes it would turn one way only and sometimes wouldn't turn at all with the ailerons. Got her down OK and checked the aileron movement while she sat on the ground where she landed. (No one else flying). The inboard ends of the ailerons were fouling the outboard ends of the flaps and sometimes hanging up. I have no idea why this should suddenly start happening. Both ailerons and flaps have live hinges so nothing had moved. Maybe the wing was flexing a bit under load although it happened on the ground as well. Anyway I have made a bit more clearance between tips now. Charles. |
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| 10-21-2012 06:23 PM | ||
| mobird |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider Quote:
Charles. |
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| 10-21-2012 02:14 AM | ||
| lornecherry |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider 2-3 degrees of aileron and flap should do it...start with 2 degrees and go from there. The change is subtle...too much and you will indeed induce unwanted drag as you found out. Camber provides (slightly) more lift when in a thermal. You only want to deploy it when in lift, since it makes the plane a touch slower, just what don't want when you are in sink. - lorne |
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| 10-19-2012 05:44 PM | ||
| mobird |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider Had a great day here in Truro. A lot of thermal activity and the Mag went up like an elevator. Eventually I had to "dive" it out before I lost sight of it. I need a bigger plane! I'm still very much at the beginning of the learning curve in this. I selected camber on and off during a couple of flights and it didn't seem to make any difference except to induce drag. The ailerons drop about 1/8 " at the outboard edge and the flaps drop about 10 degrees, maybe that's too much. The other thing is I'm not sure when is the right time to deploy camber. It's starting to get really interesting and more of a challenge every flight. Charles. |
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| 10-16-2012 08:17 AM | ||
| mobird |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider Quote:
Charles. |
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| 10-14-2012 05:13 PM | ||
| ddruck |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider Oh ok, to make it simple this guy made a video for DX7 for the programing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=vovzR3THYq8 |
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| 10-14-2012 02:52 PM | ||
| mobird |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider [quote=ddruck;995017] Quote:
Charles. |
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| 10-14-2012 02:50 PM | ||
| mobird |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider Hi Maddog, I have my flaps set at about 10% for mid position, for landing it's about 80% for flaps and up 10% for ailerons. I haven't actually caught it yet but it comes in very slowly. I'm practising spotting it now. Charles. |
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| 10-14-2012 12:38 PM | ||
| maddog |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider Hello , I am flying bobreib old Magellan and I am happy with its flying (thanks Bob) but would like to know what % of throws you have when you set up your "crow" . Are the flaps down said 25% and the aileron up at 25%? My first flight with the Magellan was uneventful and with flaps down I could almost catch it when I landed. Great little glider! Brad "Maddog" Metcalf |
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| 10-14-2012 11:05 AM | ||
| ddruck |
Re: Icare Magellan E powered glider [quote=mobird;993064] Quote:
Dan |
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