07-12-2019, 07:24 PM
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Contest, Sport, it's all good......
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: West of Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 760
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My first R/C gliders, and first R/C Boost Gliders were rudder-only. Having a 2nd channel for elevator too is ideal, but I'd never say rudder only "sucks".
Some of my early models models used Ace's Pulse Commander single channel R/C gear, with a magnetic actuator. "wacka-wacka".
http://www.airplanesandrockets.com/...trol-system.htm
Video of the system in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNGeLjbi6ns
Pic found on the internet:
In the 1990's, I did a twin boosted glider project where both gliders had rudder only steering (using one servo). People with no R/C flying experience, but with R/C car "driving" experience, were able to steer them pretty well (One of the hardest things to get used to with R/C is the apparent "coming towards you" reversal of control. R/C car experience solves that issue).
I have an extra Guillows' foam shuttle orbiter, which makes for a nice piggybacked B/G on suitable rockets. Sometime I may finally get around to adding rudder-only R/C to it if I can spare the ultra-light R/C gear to do it with. |