RCQT 003 George Hicks Shares the Secrets of Harrier Setup
This episode features our guest and dear friend, George Hicks, taking on a listener question from Bill Lairsey in Portland Maine. Bill asks for some setup techniques to minimize wing rock during harrier maneuvers. George answers the question and shows us how setup and several other key factors are critically linked to producing amazing harrier and elevator maneuvers.
George describes the proper way to perform the maneuvers, radio setup, airplane design attributes and flying techniques that will help you perform harrier maneuvers just like the pros.
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We were unable to find the full paper mentioned in the podcast but we did find a pdf of the first page of Characterizing Wing Rock with Variations in Size and Configuration of Vertical Tail by Baron Johnson
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RCQT 002: George Hicks Secret to learning the Anti-Torque Roll
George Hicks shares his secret technique to learning how to do an anti-torque roll. In this RC Quick Tips discussion George goes into depth giving an intuitive explanation on how to slowly test the unique characteristics of your plane to anticipate the abnormal tendencies of torque rolling in the opposite direction.
Don’t know how to hover or torque roll at all? Check out page 43 here in the Tensor 4D manual for George’s step by step direction on learning how to hover. This literally gave me the motivation to keep trying to learn this impressive maneuver.
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RCQT 001: Using Flight conditions in Your TX
In this RC Quick Tips podcast, Dave Patrick tells us how he uses transmitter flight conditions (Futaba terminology) or flight modes (JR) or Alternate function (Airtronics) features in competitive situations. Dave gives us great insight into his years of experience setting up his planes to win.
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