Thanks Dan. I knew you had flown the prototype and was hoping you would chime in here. I really appreciate the feedback. Control stops will be the next step. I can't see anything else that could be causing it.
I still need to do a little work on the brake. I don't have quite the clearance I need for the handle and when I tried to pull on full deflection I couldn't quite get it to the latch position. And like you said, it was starting to put up some significant resistance to going that far.
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Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 9:42 AM
Subject: [Carbondragonbuildersandpilots] Re: First Flight
Rick,
Congratulations on your outstanding achievement! Your Carbon Dragon looks beautiful and ought to give you lots of good flying.
I flew the prototype during the testing program and did not notice the aileron non-linearity that you pointed out. You may want to set some control stops to reduce the maximum deflection a little. Since you mentioned that the down going aileron starts to go back up, your maximum control power will occur at less than maximum control deflection.
I noticed that your spoiler only deflected about 15 or 20 degrees during the approach to landing. Can you deflect it more than that? I noticed that the spoiler was not very effective at low deflections. I think the prototype would deflect about 35 degrees. Also, the forces on the control lever went up pretty high near maximum deflection.
Your landing looked a little long, but very smooth. Great job! Best of luck at Wallaby.
Dan Armstrong
