Just curious about the P-51 FM

[MiloMorai]

Does your model of the P-51D use scale control surfaces movement?

What airfoil does your model P-51D use?

[tango2delta]

Originally Posted by MiloMorai

Does your model of the P-51D use scale control surfaces movement?

What airfoil does your model P-51D use?

Yes, (scale control) I have that setup in my Radio. The airfoil is NACA Laminar-Flow. What I am trying to say is if my model planes fly like the real P-51D they where built for speed (Interceptor) and long flights. But in a dogfight you would surly have a bad day in a slow turn fight. It would snap roll in a flash and turn around and spin not even trying. The first time I flew my P-51D I did that same stunt in that video not intending to, I just got to slow in a turn and gave it some up elevator and boom. Almost lost it. That would be the one that is my pic at the left top.

[MaxGunz]

The NACA profiles used on the P-51 work for wings the size of a full scale P-51. They will work less well on a 1/4 scale model. The difference due to Reynolds number difference can probably be calculated by an AE.

During takeoffs are you keeping wings level with side-stick (aileron)?

There are wireless network devices with outdoor line of sight range 1 mile for about $35 ea full retail. They have 6 10-bit analog inputs to read sensors or instruments or stick axes and send the results. They have 8 digital outputs to turn things on and off.
You can control more than 1 plane from the same ground station if it's got a PC hooked to it. Even use PC game controllers.
You can get feedback from the plane, it has a wireless node and even its own I/O. How about a pitot sensor and a slip ball and gyro/accelerometer data? Do you think you could fly better with that?


XBee Pro ZB has 250kbps speed, that's almost 5x 52k dialup. I remember when we'd go online IL2 and set net speed at 28k and get good games. Our big problem was lag and with local wireless that can be almost none. Transmission is light speed at a mile or less, not bouncing off satellites.

The Pro ZB is the middle column.
http://www.mouser.com/ds/2/111/ds_xb...ules-19140.pdf