Russ Kinne
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject: q |
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Some recent talk about dihedral. When I finally get a Kolb I’ll certainly play with it.
My Cessna 170 (much modified but with stock dihedral) would fly hands-off indefinitely, just keeping it straight with the rudder pedals. Would also make turns, either way, with either rudder or ailerons alone. A bit sloppy but not bad.
I’m indebted to all the Kolbers who’ve experimented here and were willing to share their findings. Saves everyone else a lot of work, makes things easier and safer for all of us.
Most interesting handling I ever experienced was an ultralight biplane flying boat, spoilers on lower wings only, no ailerons. Man, was that DIFFERENT! I finally went with using spoilers only to enter a turn, rudder only to come out of it. Unfortunately, the designer/builder/owner never got confident enough to fly it. Sold it, and I have no idea what ever happened to it. I suspect new owner totalled it. Hope not.
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