Comment by Veikko Vierola on March 31, 2012 at 4:46am

Hi, u can also set servos laterally.

Comment by Colin Bouriquet on March 31, 2012 at 6:43am

I've been waiting for this post ;-)

Very neat... congrats Trent !

Comment by R. D. Starwalt on March 31, 2012 at 7:50am

Great job, nice flight characteristics and typical of F.W. designs.

You will sort out the controls soon enough.

Does your transmitter/receiver have programmable control rates?

If not, you will have to go old-school and do it mechanically.

Comment by Luke Cooke on March 31, 2012 at 7:52am

Great video as allways,

I would also do as Veikko says mount the servos sideways so just the arms stick out of the wing. Thats what we do with all our wings too. Maybe a bit of foam in front of the motor mount to help with the aerodynamics.

Can't wait to see it against the nova and with APM.

Keep 'em comin'

Comment by Brad Smith on March 31, 2012 at 8:01am

good job ,,, looks like its time for a turnigy 9x with dual rates and expo , how much did you spend on foam too build this ?

Comment by Dez Socks on March 31, 2012 at 9:22am

Hi Trent

Nice video again.Keep it up as we always learn something new.Loved the build part and have noted some techniques.

Fair play for the "frisbee" style hand launch you chancer!

Dez

If anyone knows where i can purchase this foam(EPS, XPS or EPO) In Ireland please let me know.I can find who makes the foam and get brought to a lot of manufactures websites but still have no foam.I have asked some guys at my flying club but they all say order from abroad,which costs a small fortune.

Comment by Trent at MyGeekShow on March 31, 2012 at 11:42am

Thank you everyone for your words encouragement! I'll work on the rates/throws to bring it back into control.

 

Quick question for you: my motor is aimed as level as I can get it, should I put some down incidence? I only ask as the CG calculator said I should have been about balanced, but I needed a great amount of up trim to keep it level... I'm wondering if aiming the motor down will reduce that effect.

 

Thanks!

Developer Comment by Ryan Beall on March 31, 2012 at 2:57pm

"up trim" is normal for flying wings.  It usually is around 1/8" or so.  That's why it is so much more efficient to use a flying wing airfoil vice something like a clark Y.  The moment coefficient is so much less negative for the MH series airfoils than a clark Y.  You could fly a flying wing with a clark Y but you'd have probably more than double the "up trim".

Comment by Anis Nielsen on March 31, 2012 at 5:08pm

Congratulation Trent ! gogogo for the v2 .. thank you for the your always good vibes and inspiring !

Comment by N. Eisen on March 31, 2012 at 8:21pm

Nice work.  Rather than limit the throw of the servos, why not cut down the size of the control surfaces?

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