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Originally posted by John Bergsmith View Post
This doesn’t sound like anything to do with yaw caused be gear doors. Rather you’re too slow and not adding enough power to overcome the increases drag and allowing the nose to drift up. I’ve only flown mine with 5200mah and it’s solid during the entire landing phase.
If two say it I am
I'll try it your way and practice a different angle of attack I'm very used to warbirds and ...
F16s but now that I reflect about it I think both of you just gave me food for thought I'll try it with my lighter packs and then toss the good old 6000 in
Get five minutes ....
It's sure to stop the floating
I'll also order another kit now so I won't have to wait for it ...
:)
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Originally posted by Johnnyrabuse View PostTake a close look at the strut if it's not flush in mount they do that
When you see what in talking about you might notice a gap
Tighten that sucker up
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Originally posted by Johnnyrabuse View Post
It's not the same yaw as say rudder but for me it's like the nose gets mushy on the final turn ....
That long door is flapping away plus the front wheel is creating drag and on this one if you don't get it right and yo have a crosswind on that final landing into a headwind boom it's the tip stall spiral of death especially on five thousands seen it a few times at my field actually three times
Guys flying five thousands and dumping it either on final or dumping it on initial rotation take off into headwind turn with wind .... Gear down takeoff flaps deployed and boom dead ....
My trick thus far is take off ...
Gradual climbout gear up immediately no flaps needed keep it flat with rudder then tear up the sky on landing I deploy flaps on final approach not base turn ease off throttle level down and flair
Which is why I'll try to stick with 3300 to 4000 mAh battery's
This doesn’t sound like anything to do with yaw caused be gear doors. Rather you’re too slow and not adding enough power to overcome the increases drag and allowing the nose to drift up. I’ve only flown mine with 5200mah and it’s solid during the entire landing phase.
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Originally posted by Johnnyrabuse View Post
It's not the same yaw as say rudder but for me it's like the nose gets mushy on the final turn ....
That long door is flapping away plus the front wheel is creating drag and on this one if you don't get it right and yo have a crosswind on that final landing into a headwind boom it's the tip stall spiral of death especially on five thousands seen it a few times at my field actually three times
Guys flying five thousands and dumping it either on final or dumping it on initial rotation take off into headwind turn with wind .... Gear down takeoff flaps deployed and boom dead ....
My trick thus far is take off ...
Gradual climbout gear up immediately no flaps needed keep it flat with rudder then tear up the sky on landing I deploy flaps on final approach not base turn ease off throttle level down and flair
Which is why I'll try to stick with 3300 to 4000 mAh battery's
The trick to not stalling, wingtip stall or otherwise is AOA. Let the nose drop to 5 to 7°ish, and you'll never exceed AOA on the leading edge of your lifting surface.
If you land this bird like a Mirage 2000 or F-16 with a nose high attitude, during your base turn and final approach then you're playing with fire. It's flight characteristics are more inline with that of a straight wing than a delta, as such your base and final should be nose down pitch attitude until your round out in ground effect.
Whether I have 4,000 or 8,400mahs on board, my landing approach is the most relaxing part of the flight, it's a non event.
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Originally posted by flyinhigh042 View PostQuick question. I have 6 flights on the HP F-5 and absolutely love it. I just noticed on the build table and during taxi the nose gear seems to have a lot of forward to aft play/slop. More than my three other Freewing EDF’s by a notable amount. I might need to get video of it for a visual. The slop appears to be in the nose gear retract mechanism, not the strut itself. It’s not posing any sort of an issue at this point, but I’m curious if this is consistent with others?
Thanks!
When you see what in talking about you might notice a gap
Tighten that sucker up
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Originally posted by John Bergsmith View PostInteresting, you think the gear doors caused the yaw?
That long door is flapping away plus the front wheel is creating drag and on this one if you don't get it right and yo have a crosswind on that final landing into a headwind boom it's the tip stall spiral of death especially on five thousands seen it a few times at my field actually three times
Guys flying five thousands and dumping it either on final or dumping it on initial rotation take off into headwind turn with wind .... Gear down takeoff flaps deployed and boom dead ....
My trick thus far is take off ...
Gradual climbout gear up immediately no flaps needed keep it flat with rudder then tear up the sky on landing I deploy flaps on final approach not base turn ease off throttle level down and flair
Which is why I'll try to stick with 3300 to 4000 mAh battery's
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Originally posted by John Bergsmith View Post
Mine has the exact same thing. I took it apart and everything was tight, I'm assuming it's a normal situation. It tracks down the runway like it's on rails even with the play.
Thank you!
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Originally posted by flyinhigh042 View PostQuick question. I have 6 flights on the HP F-5 and absolutely love it. I just noticed on the build table and during taxi the nose gear seems to have a lot of forward to aft play/slop. More than my three other Freewing EDF’s by a notable amount. I might need to get video of it for a visual. The slop appears to be in the nose gear retract mechanism, not the strut itself. It’s not posing any sort of an issue at this point, but I’m curious if this is consistent with others?
Thanks!
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Quick question. I have 6 flights on the HP F-5 and absolutely love it. I just noticed on the build table and during taxi the nose gear seems to have a lot of forward to aft play/slop. More than my three other Freewing EDF’s by a notable amount. I might need to get video of it for a visual. The slop appears to be in the nose gear retract mechanism, not the strut itself. It’s not posing any sort of an issue at this point, but I’m curious if this is consistent with others?
Thanks!
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Originally posted by Phantom View Post
I'm aware others have commented on it, but it's not a consideration for me as I've never experienced what they have.
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Originally posted by John Bergsmith View Post
Can’t say I’ve experienced that on my F-5, even in crosswinds. Interesting thing to be aware of I guess.
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Originally posted by Phantom View Post
He's not alone, a couple of others on here have quoted thinking the same. I've never personally experienced any adverse effects, yaw or otherwise from the gear doors, but as previously stated, I've never flown with them removed
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Originally posted by John Bergsmith View PostInteresting, you think the gear doors caused the yaw?
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Interesting, you think the gear doors caused the yaw?
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F 5 maiden report high speed version
Crosswind less than five viability cloudy
Runway 250 ft asphalt 60 wide
First flight no flap off in two hundred need trimming up elevator tinge of right performance good squirlly with gear deployed on yaw tendency
Landed ok no flaps little fast but no middle in the air unlimited verticle
4000 pack cg is around the plastic squares rear of front of tab 3.5 minutes mixed throttle came down 15 percent
Flight two ...
Removed gear doors all no more yaw issue flaps ballooned at half and full not that bad though
Landed at half flaps 125 ft roll out
Third flight turn and burn I think this is a fast jet than can suffer compression fail at high elevator on the downhill so be mindful no shaking on rails I also only fly rails no missiles
Full flaps landed at 80 ft rollout slows down wel
4 through 11 good times ...
For me biggest problem was doors
Rate
Aerolines 70 evlevatpr 100 mm
Flaps in 50 80 ....5 mix elevator down on spectrum
3300s work great
,Pushed all way forward
I'm using 3300 you can get a great high alpha slow speed plenty of power 3 minute flight time better verticle
I didn't fly 5000s I might in the future but right now it's great
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Originally posted by Johnnyrabuse View PostAnybody got flap to elevator numbers for landings on spectrum dx 9 ?
Does it pitch up or down?
With flaps deployed
I'm going to maiden tomorrow wind and weather are good
I'm starting with a 4000 if that goes well I'll go to a 3300 if that goes well I'll try a 5000 I try to keep wing load light on maidens ...
My rates on aerolines will be 70 high 60 mid 50 low
On rudder 70 60 50
On elevator 100 80 60
I've got the mix ready for elevator on dial to play with flaps
I also like extreme landing flaps but maybe it might blank our elevators ?
Thanks
You can land her real slowly and gentle like this, instead of the screaming "hot" landings I usually see on YouTube videos with her. She lands better like a conventional plane, rather than a high alpha delta approach. I fly her with 4000 mah all the way up to 8,400 mah, with two 4,200mah 6s lipos in parallel. She flies great and lands great regardless of payload. I fly her about 20% faster in high angle banking turns, and lose about 30 to 40% percent of my vertical with 8,400mah on board. But sometimes I just want to cruise her around for 6 plus minutes. Sometimes I load her up to handle the winds better.
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