Earthchill
Member
I've been flying with RC Desk Pilot for a couple of months and feel like I have decent control in regular patterns and landings with most of the planes.
I noticed that flying 4 channel planes seem much easier than 3 channel planes (without rudder) so I started making some experiments. If I give full rudder the speed drops considerably and the plane change its heading and starts turning. But I don't notice any change in roll. I would have expected the "outer" wing to have a higher speed, induce more lift and roll the plane. I seem to recall that this was quite pronounced with the glider I flew 15 years ago.
Is the problem that RC Desk Pilot doesn't model this good enough or do I recall this to be more pronounced than it is for most small electric planes? I'm reluctant to spend 80€ on Real Flight if I don't have to, but I don't want to get bad habits.
I noticed that flying 4 channel planes seem much easier than 3 channel planes (without rudder) so I started making some experiments. If I give full rudder the speed drops considerably and the plane change its heading and starts turning. But I don't notice any change in roll. I would have expected the "outer" wing to have a higher speed, induce more lift and roll the plane. I seem to recall that this was quite pronounced with the glider I flew 15 years ago.
Is the problem that RC Desk Pilot doesn't model this good enough or do I recall this to be more pronounced than it is for most small electric planes? I'm reluctant to spend 80€ on Real Flight if I don't have to, but I don't want to get bad habits.