RUDDER CONTROL  ............................... By Geoff Ellis

                 First a top tip for Rudder control in the new advanced schedule.

As the pilots who have tried the new advanced schedule will know, it contains quite a few inverted flying sections.  These can lead to some confusion as to which way to correct the line using the rudder in the event of a cross wind.  I read a recent article, which had a good tip, so here’s how it works. 

First identify a near side and a far side of the model as it’s flying, here’s what I mean by that.  If the model is coming towards you the near side is the nose and the far side is the tail, if the model is going away from you the near side is the tail and the far side is the nose, got it so far?

Now then, regardless of the direction of flight, when the model is upright you always steer the far side, when the model is inverted you always steer the near side.  OK so here’s the good bit.  Face the model, and the side (near or far) which you have correctly identified above, will move in the direction that you push the rudder stick.  It works well but do practice high up to start with !!

Now that the weather is starting to clear and we can at last start to practice the schedules, here’s a reminder to those folks that moved up a class at the 2003 main champs to practice the correct schedule. Good luck!

Gordon Phipps  …….    Advanced

Chris Hill          ..…...  Standard

Paul Bellingham  …..    Standard

Phil Mosley       …….   Standard

 Link to the RAFMAA Advanced Aero Schedule

All GBRCAA aeros schedules can be found and downloaded in acrobat (pdf) format at the following web site:

http://www.gbrcaa.org