Thursday, May 10, 2012

RADIAN PRO FLAP MODS

After the successful flights on Monday, Ray was concerned that the flap travel was too low to actually kill of the lift from the central portion of the wing.  As a result we actually increased the lift and contributed to the difficulty in landing.

So.  Today I removed the covers from the flap servos, shortened the pushrods, and shifted to the outer hole on the servo and the second from innermost hole in the control horn.

With some radio mods, the flaps now go to 90 deg. when fully deployed.  In the first part of the video it displays the travel as it came from the factory with max travel.  The second half shows the new travel.

Next flight will have to see the impact of the changes.

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