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Old 03-31-2012, 11:01 PM
MadBlaster MadBlaster is offline
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I enjoyed your video. Your flying has improved a lot from 6 or so months

ago. You say you wanted feedback. For what it's worth, my zen tips:


*When you are climbing out to 1000m and notice you are

"a little slow". Instinct should be to push the nose

down slightly to get your speed up. Adjust elev trim

accordingly.


*When your cruising, mp is little too high. You should

be able to cruise at 1.2 ATA and 400 kph. You were

running 1.3 or so most of the time, which isn't so bad

with the rads open. But you should be able to run rads

closed and 1.2.


*When you are zoom climbing in your loop, you went to

fine pitch little too soon. Hear the rpms spike? That

was a speed penalty you did to yourself. Instead, go to

fine pitch based on your airspeed, not simply because

your are climbing. Use 250 kph as rough guide for

transition from fine to course and course to fine.


*The rads, get in the habit of opening and closing. In

general, open when your going slow, close when your

going fast. Where "slow" is speed less than 250 kph.


*When you climb out, it doesn't have to be at the ideal

climb rate all the time. In combat, it might not be

ideal either. Trade static climb out for zoom/step

climbing.


*Get in the habit of constantly working the throttle, pp, trim, rads,

AoA, all relative to your energy(airspeed/elevation). At any moment, there

is an ideal configuration that you are optimizing to for more speed,

acceleration...etc. It isn't just "set it and forget it".
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