Carl Farrington wrote:
> Carl Farrington wrote:
>> (on Phoenix, with both the Trex 450 3D and a Raptor 50 3D..)
>> This is bugging the hell out of me. I was practicing funnels yesterday
>> and doing OKish.. (OK, I was well chuffed..) I sort of started doing
>> them by accident whilst practicing sharp (heli on side) turns.
>>
>> Anyway, what's happening now is that I fly the heli sideways, like a
>> fast sideways drift, and then all of a sudden the heli flicks itself
>> around so that it's facing the way it's heading. So for example I have
>> the heli moving sideways to the left, at fairly high speed, then it
>> just goes "flick" and all of a sudden it's flying forwards but in the
>> same direction.
>>
>> Is this normal? Has the tail authority been overcome or something.
>> Can't think why it wasn't a problem yesterday when I seemed to be
>> doing really well at the funnels. Now I have this problem and I can't
>> seem to do a funnel without the tail going all wrong.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> I meant 90 degrees.
Somebody on Helifreak has complained about "tail blow-out" whilst doing
hurricanes, whatever they are. Suggestion is to increase "tail power".
I suppose "tail blow-out" kind of sounds like my problem doesn't it?
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