Hi Joe: thanks for that excellent information. At this point, I'm inclined to think that there might be some other issue besides the binding that you talked about. Most of my flights the past two test flights when I dropped the gear first and waited for it to complete its cycle, and Then bring the flaps down, to full right away (I've reduced the throw to about 40 degrees down), they work perfectly. At the moment, this is a workaround that I am ok with, although the best solution for me is to have full discretion in using the flaps as I wish, including the mid position flaps.
I have the same Spitifire that you do, I believe, the large Flightline Spitfire. I did have some major problems with the flaps starting with the maiden flight, where one flap, either side, would randomly come down to the full down position, and then suddenly go back up again, with no inputs from the transmitter. I think you said you had some issues at first with your plane at some point. The fix for me was for Motion to replace both flap servos, and that was about 5+ years ago. I just took it up again this morning, Still a beautiful flyer. I use close to the 85 degree flap position used on the real planes, I don't remember exactly what the deflection angle is now, but I'm sure it is over 80 degrees, and I've never had any issues with them.
I'll take another look at the servo arm position on my Corsair, and see if I can tweak it a bit. But if I can reliably land with full flaps on both wings by speeding up the up to down flap cycle from 4 seconds to two seconds, and going right to full flaps from flaps up, not pausing at the middle intermediate flap position as I have been experimenting with, I think I'll be happy with that. I think this might become one of my favorite prop fighters to date. Adding the Robart wheels and tires has really helped "stick" the landings.
Thanks for taking the time and effort to respond to my flap questions.
Cheers
Davegee
I have the same Spitifire that you do, I believe, the large Flightline Spitfire. I did have some major problems with the flaps starting with the maiden flight, where one flap, either side, would randomly come down to the full down position, and then suddenly go back up again, with no inputs from the transmitter. I think you said you had some issues at first with your plane at some point. The fix for me was for Motion to replace both flap servos, and that was about 5+ years ago. I just took it up again this morning, Still a beautiful flyer. I use close to the 85 degree flap position used on the real planes, I don't remember exactly what the deflection angle is now, but I'm sure it is over 80 degrees, and I've never had any issues with them.
I'll take another look at the servo arm position on my Corsair, and see if I can tweak it a bit. But if I can reliably land with full flaps on both wings by speeding up the up to down flap cycle from 4 seconds to two seconds, and going right to full flaps from flaps up, not pausing at the middle intermediate flap position as I have been experimenting with, I think I'll be happy with that. I think this might become one of my favorite prop fighters to date. Adding the Robart wheels and tires has really helped "stick" the landings.
Thanks for taking the time and effort to respond to my flap questions.
Cheers
Davegee
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