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NMPRA-website-AJ-Seaholm zei:Model set-up is a huge part of flying consistently. The faster events in RC Pylon don't provide a whole lot of time to be wrestling your model around the course. So, spend the time to get your bird flying as well as possible. The three trimming basics are described below:
Center of Gravity (CG) – Use CG to trim the straights. If a model coming out of pylon 3 headed towards pylon 1 and feels like it's drifting in towards the pylon, it's nose heavy, slide the CG back. A tail heavy model will not want to drop the nose on landing and seems very jumpy on the course.
Rudder Trim – Use the rudder to trim your model's yaw in the straights. If the tail is hanging low or high, trim this out with a couple clicks of rudder. Flying with the tail up or down essentially exposes the side of the fuselage to the air and acts like a parachute.
Tip Weight – If your model feels like it dives or balloons up through the turns use lead tape or coins to add weight to a wing tip. If the tail kicks up, the model needs tip weight on the top wing. Vice a versa, if the tail wants to kick down through the turn, add some low tip weight. Don't try to figure out why this works, just accept that it does. At least that's what I had to finally do.
These three trimming basics will help dial that model in and make your job as the pilot much easier. The less you have to fly the model and provide inputs to those little drag makers we call control surfaces, the faster you're going to go.
Now that you've nailed your model's set-up it's time to get some laps in. Flying the course is not that hard, flying the course consistently tight and smooth for 10 laps in a row is very challenging. This should be your goal every time out. Smooth is fast. I've adopted the less is more technique when it comes to control throw set-up. This is a widely accepted method for setting up a model in pylon racing for good reason. For one, again smooth is fast, minimizing control movement will scrub less speed and reduce heat times. The second component to the less is more approach to control set-up is the adrenaline factor. It is very probable you can fly rock solid smooth laps with a lot of throw during practice. As soon as that green flag drops, you have adrenalin pumping and precision flying goes out the window. It's far too easy to yank and bank in the heat of battle, therefore the less throw you have the better off you'll be. Minimal control throw is one of the hardest aspects for new pilots to grasp because sport models use a lot of throw and pilots are used to this feel. The most common reply to minimal control is, “I like a lot of throw in case I get into trouble.” I contend, with a lot of control throw you will get into trouble. With minimal throw, there's no need to get out of trouble because you never get there in the first place.
Along the lines of minimal control throw is elevator tuning. The elevator sets the radius of your turns. The full pull turn is a must to flying consistently. I tune the elevator for a full pull turn through pylon 2 and 3 and take what I get at pylon 1. This was a new technique for me after my long pylon hiatus but it really works. If you start a full pull turn at pylon 2, pylon 3 will be a no brainer, if and only if you nail pylon 2. So how do you know if you're close to Pylon 2? Get over close to it so you can easily judge your depth from the pole. If you stand up in the middle or further away from the pylon, it's much more challenging to judge your depth. Since this technique requires a close and consistent proximity to pylon 2, or you'll cut 3 every time, get within 20-30 feet of the pole to see what's going on.
Now that you've mastered the 2/3 turn it's time for that all important leg from pylon 3 to pylon 1. This leg is very critical because without a consistent distance traveled, you're caller will never be able to really dial you in on pylon 1. The objective here is to fly as straight and as consistent as possible to give your teammate the same look and place to start his cadence lap after lap. If you arc this leg differently each lap, the effective distance traveled changes and the cadence will be wrong leading to a cut. Fly straight, fly fast, give your caller a chance.
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Tjarko
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Bouwaanwijzing:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/81093150/Slick E2K build guide.pdf
Tekening van de romponderdelen:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/81093150/Slick E2K fuse parts drawing.pdf
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