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Originally posted by radfordc View PostI was in Texas in the summer of 1980 when there were 42 straight days of 100F or higher. That's hot, but not like Arizona hot. They are at 144 days and counting this year!Pat
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Originally posted by Sapropbuster View PostAny idea when the Jas is to arrive????
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Hi folks,
coming back to the wiring and gyro question. I think best is to use the canards first only with elevator and not with aileron .
The gyro is not connected to the canards. You do your elevon mixing in the gyro, but the canards connect directly to the receiver. The canards receive their signal over elevator mixing to Aux2 and Aux3 in the transmitter. Rudder, Aileron and Elevator go into the gyro, where the elevon mixing happens.
In total you only need one 8 channel receiver and 1 gyro.
In that way the canards are not bothered by the gyro.
Folks, it is open for discussion. An advanced pilot probably wants the canards with Aileron, but not me.
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Originally posted by slumi View PostHi folks,
coming back to the wiring and gyro question. I think best is to use the canards first only with elevator and not with aileron .
The gyro is not connected to the canards. You do your elevon mixing in the gyro, but the canards connect directly to the receiver. The canards receive their signal over elevator mixing to Aux2 and Aux3 in the transmitter. Rudder, Aileron and Elevator go into the gyro, where the elevon mixing happens.
In total you only need one 8 channel receiver and 1 gyro.
In that way the canards are not bothered by the gyro.
Folks, it is open for discussion. An advanced pilot probably wants the canards with Aileron, but not me.
If you only want the gyro on the elevons, then set TX to "normal" wing/tail. Set gyro for elevon. Since you're mixing for the canards, the gyro shouldn't affect them.
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Originally posted by slumi View PostHi folks,
coming back to the wiring and gyro question. I think best is to use the canards first only with elevator and not with aileron .
The gyro is not connected to the canards. You do your elevon mixing in the gyro, but the canards connect directly to the receiver. The canards receive their signal over elevator mixing to Aux2 and Aux3 in the transmitter. Rudder, Aileron and Elevator go into the gyro, where the elevon mixing happens.
In total you only need one 8 channel receiver and 1 gyro.
In that way the canards are not bothered by the gyro.
Folks, it is open for discussion. An advanced pilot probably wants the canards with Aileron, but not me.
Don't consider pitch only canards a downgrade or inferior solution though - in fact it is the very opposite. Using canards for roll as well is purely a marketing gimmick and far from ideal aerodynamically anyway.
As for gyro, having the operate canards too would clearly be ideal, but I'm sure your stabilized elevon, unstabilized canard setup will work just fine. Just make sure you never have any sort of mode where you remove pitch input to the elevons (since that would make your gyro fight the pitch changes you command through the canards)Freewing A-10 turbine conversion: http://fb.me/FreewingA10TurbineConversion
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Yes of course in the transmitter “Normal wing” setup and only in the gyro “Elevon mixing”.
This idea probably only works well , if you use the canards purely coupled with elevator. If you leave the canards neutral on aileron input , your plane will stay more stable. Probably not what an advanced pilot wants. For my flying skills it would be sufficient.
The canards on elevator is important for take off .
The gyro reacts on wind disturbance. The canards would stay neutral. It will feel like less gyro gain. But it should work. People are using this setup in our club.
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Originally posted by slumi View PostIf you leave the canards neutral on aileron input , your plane will stay more stable. Probably not what an advanced pilot wants. For my flying skills it would be sufficient.
Absolutely no canarded fighter I have ever seen uses canards actively to produce roll rate. And there are good reasons for that.
First and foremost, canards are there to improve airflow over the main wing, especially at higher levels of alpha. Significant canard roll deflections directly goes against that purpose.
Secondly, it is not hard at all to get more than enough roll authority from elevons (or tailerons in the case of non-delta canarded platforms such as the SU-27 family). Even at very slow, very high alpha flight, roll authority is never really a problem. What does at some point become a challenge is yaw authority, but that is a different discussion altogether.
In short, canards do their job far better if left alone to do just that and not a whole lot more.
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