RE: Freewing 80mm F-5E Tiger II
Not sure what your constraints are. On my F5 I'm flying with batteries that have a mass of 720 to 835 grams. I moved the battery hold down plate aft about 50mm to 70mm (centered over the nose part line [glue line]). I don't see much if any carving of the foam. I'm balance at the aft edge of the front wing bolt brace (540mm). I also have the stock Freewing inrunner set up.
I will say I don't like to use full flaps as it adds nothing to the lift of the model. In fact with the flap out all the way I have to add about 1/4 to a 1/3 throttle to arrest the sink rate. Anything much past 45° just adds drag. The full size needed this to keep the speed down while at the same time keeping the spool speed (engine) up. These old engine had horrible throttle response at low spool speeds.
As I DON'T dive for the runway on my finals I see no need to have to have the flaps out past 45° on landing.
Not sure what your constraints are. On my F5 I'm flying with batteries that have a mass of 720 to 835 grams. I moved the battery hold down plate aft about 50mm to 70mm (centered over the nose part line [glue line]). I don't see much if any carving of the foam. I'm balance at the aft edge of the front wing bolt brace (540mm). I also have the stock Freewing inrunner set up.
I will say I don't like to use full flaps as it adds nothing to the lift of the model. In fact with the flap out all the way I have to add about 1/4 to a 1/3 throttle to arrest the sink rate. Anything much past 45° just adds drag. The full size needed this to keep the speed down while at the same time keeping the spool speed (engine) up. These old engine had horrible throttle response at low spool speeds.
As I DON'T dive for the runway on my finals I see no need to have to have the flaps out past 45° on landing.
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