Six part series on landing an EDF Jet:
Part 1: Aircraft Setup
Part 2: Stalls and Recovery
Part 3: Slow Flight
Part 4: Landing Pattern
Part 5: Glideslope
Part 6: Landing Practice
Starring my Freewing Avanti S 80mm EDF Jet:
AUW: 6.66 lbs (3.02 kg)
Wing Area: 430 sq. in. (27.74 dm^2)
Wing Loading: 36 oz/sf (109 g/dm^2)
Wing Cube Loading: 21
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Control Surface Settings:
Ailerons: +/-15 mm (Normal); +/-5 mm (Landing)
Elevator: +/-17 mm (Normal); +/-10 mm (Landing)
Rudder: +/-28 mm (Normal); +/-20 mm (Landing)
Flaps: 23 mm (Takeoff/Half); 45 mm (Full)
On-board Electronics:
Receiver with built-in stabilization
Telemetry:
Voltage Sensor
Airspeed Sensor
Variometer
Scorpion Backup Guard II:
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Backup Battery: 2s 75C LiPo, 650 mAh (overkill – 350 is plenty)
Main Battery: 6s 30C Lipo, 6000 mAh
Spalart quote found here:
Doug McLean | Common Misconceptions in Aerodynamics
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Aerodynamics – a quick review by DarkAero:
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NACA Report 668: Wind Tunnel Investigation of NACA 23012, 23021 and 23030 Airfoils with Various Sizes of Split Flap:
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Thrust vs Power and Best Angle of Climb vs Best Rate of Climb:
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FAA Aviation Safety: Stabilized approach and Landing:
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FAA Airplane Flying Handbook, Approaches and Landings:
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AOPA article on energy management:[ Ссылка ]
New Zealand Dept of Conservation Live Cam video of Albatross Landing:
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Michael Wargo on how to properly land a Heavy RC Aircraft and Heavy RC Turbine Jet - Landing part 3:
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Air Berlin RC Airliner last flight and crash:
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Samm Sheperd’s Visual Angle of Attack Indicator:
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Sam was a certified flight instructor with a multi-engine commercial pilot’s license. Sadly, he was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2018.
C-130 Pilot Backseat Ride During F-16 Demo - 9G's over 10 times:
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Super Sabre Crash: Essential RC: BEST COMPILATION of BAD (and CRASH) RC LANDINGS #2
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My Avanti in a secondary stall:
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Cessna Citation landing at Telluride, CO:
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Freewing AL37 crash Video (example of down aileron initiating an asymmetric stall):
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RC Delta Jet hitting 750 km/h:
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F104 Starfighter - Aerodynamic braking on landing at Jet Power 2019:
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F104 Starfighter – Wingtip vortices at Airworld 2015:
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Boeing 747-400 Virgin Atlantic RC airliner by Adi Pitz:
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Airbus A380 Emirates RC airliner by Ramy RC:
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