Flaps....Have i got it right

[Brian fred carr]

I am getting a sky climber and i want to put flaps on it so am i right in thinking that i need a y harness which I will
then put into channel 1 (ailerons) then use the turnigy 9x programming to have the second part of the y harness
as flaps....all help appreciated thx in advance

 

[jetpackninja]

Does this plane have separate flaps servos and flaps. Or are you trying to setup flaperons?

 

[bicyclemonkey]

You are talking about flaperons. That plane only has factory installed ailerons and they do seem long enough for flaperons to function as intended. You would use the y-harness to connect to your RX and then program your 9X for flaperons.

 

[jetpackninja]

Brian,
Not trying to lure you away from here at all but here are some like minded folk that appear to be from your part of the world.

RC Groups thread for your plane
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1472571&page=4

 

[jetpackninja]

Bike Monkey- Did you mean to say NOT use the y connector?

 

[Airwolf]

As long as your model has separate servos for ailerons - you can use them as flaperons. You have to drop the Y-cable, plug the aileron servos on separate channels on you Rx and program your Tx. With this setup you can also have differential ailerons (that will help avoiding adverse yaw) and spoilerons (I've found them more useful than flaperons which - at least to me - are totally useless on a glider similar to Sky Climber).

 

[bicyclemonkey]

Bike Monkey- Did you mean to say NOT use the y connector?

Correct...for normal aileron functions you need the y-cable, for flaperons you drop the y-cable and plug one servo into the aileron port and the other into an auxiliary port on the RX.

 

[Brian fred carr]

This is spot on....exactly what i want to do ....cheers Bmonkey

 

[pgerts]

The Flap function can be used in many different ways - I have no experience in Sky Climber but it seems lika a regular foam glider.

"Normally"
1 Both sides just a little up makes the plane fly faster. (reflex?)
2 Both sides just a little down slows the plane for better thermal glide. (camber?)
3 Both sides a lot (70-80 degrees) down functions as an air brake to slow down the plane when descending at a steep down angle.
4 Both sides moderate (20-30 degrees) up shortens the landing glide to get the plane down on a shorter distance. (Airwolf recs?)

All modes should be mixed to the elevator to compensate in to a "normal" or wished flight.