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TomParsons Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 2. "RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers" 07-01-03, 15:05z  Kendal- Thanks for the feedback! >First off I >think you had a typo. If you got a Lycoming in that thing >you should be kicking that left foot so the stick should >be in the top Right corner. Umm, yeah, that's what I meant. I was thinking foot and talking hand, if you know what I mean. Maybe I'll save the thing I typed for the air show circuit! >I found that I needed to add >the aileron sooner that I thought I needed to after >consistently torquing off at the top of my hammers. I >started putting in aileron and some forward stick as soon >as I kicked and it helped some. I'll try that. I think I'm waiting for the pivot to get a good rate going before putting in the last of the RIGHT aileron. >I started kicking earlier >to stop the torque effect (I didn't have enough aileron >to stop it) but then I was told I was flying over the top. Hmmm. I was hoping there was a sweet spot in there somewhere, where I'd get enough control effectiveness without flying it over the top. >Something that seemed to work for me was to pull a little >power out just as I was starting to kick. It lessened the >torque effect and seemed to work... I >don't know how conventional the pull the power thing is >but it seemed to work for me. You just have to make sure >you do it at the same time to make is predictable. I have heard talk of some people trying that, but also less positive things about that method. I assume you don't pull very much power- just a touch, right? Because I thought that power is needed to keep the rudder effective. >I just flew my new prop >for the first time on Saturday and it was much easier to >do good hammers with it. The old metal prop weighed 33 >lbs. and the new one is only 13 lbs. It also fixed my CG >problem so the plane snaps better, spins better etc... Oh, great. Now you can kick my butt even farther! >One >more thing it's pretty critical where you look during the >hammer. I glance at both wing tips on the vertical (left >right left) to set the line (no siteing device on my >plane)then I would stare at the left wing for the initial >pivot. As the plane pivots you stare at the same spot on >the horizon and let the plane rotate around it. so you >see left wing, over the nose, right wing. I was taught that in my first hammerheads flown dual, but I have yet to remember to do it myself... Well, now I've got some things to try. Are you going to be up at the Sullivan or Kobelt boxes this weekend? Tom P. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      Torqued-Off About Hammers    TomParsons       06-30-03              RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers    KendalSimpson       06-30-03       1            RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers    TomParsons       07-01-03       2         RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers    Patty_Wagstaff       07-02-03       3            RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers    TomParsons       07-02-03       4

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