Oh, I fully realize what you were talking about - I was disagreeing with the statement that you need to dive excessively. What's the point in bleeding off altitude for airspeed? That isn't what a zoom is about. Sure you need a mild dive to perform this, but you don't need a steep one. The added effect from the zoom is gained mainly from tensioning the line...not from dive speed. That's why the wings need to be that strong on zoomable airplanes, the winch is almost pulling directly downwards with up to 200lb of line tension. Adam >From: Jeff Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: 3-Position Switch was RE: [RCSE] Which computer radio? >Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:34:24 -0800 > > >why would it be better to lose rudder control vs. elevator control? > >A properly trimmed sailplane should only need rudder inputs before > >zooming on tow...even then it's only a very mild dive-entry > >I was referring to contest style zooooooom launches, like F3J. >Dive entry is not mild at all. Tension and speed are built up during >the first few seconds of launch, then glider is nosed down fairly >steeply to convert tension into more speed, 80mph or more, then the >glider is nosed up to almost vertical, gaining almost another >200 feet in altitude. The purpose of this is to get maximum altitude >out of a fixed length line. > > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
