C/L Stunt

摘要

Charlie Reeves and I had put five trim flights on the Oriental during a late summer lapse in Stunt contests. The leadouts now seem to be in the correct location (that must be 3 degrees aft of the center of gravity set on the fuselage). The lead-outs should be located just that amount aft of the c.g. The tank now gives me the same lap time right side up and inverted, but you must do more inside and outside loops and listen to the engine as it powers through the two maneuvers. When the loops sound the same and the loop sizes are equal, you are at home plate rather than just somewhere in the ballpark. The wing tip weight is sufficient to allow flat bottom turns after tight corners, whether they are inside squares or outside squares. Too much wing tip weight will allow the wing tip to drop when executing the bottom of the square or triangle maneuvers. Too little weight in the tip box will cause the outer wing tip to fly up during the final corner at the five-foot bottom height. The wing also flies level to the lines at inverted and upright positions. This can be accomplished by tweaking the flaps with the tools mentioned later in this text.