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And as HUSKER said Learn 4 and 8 point rolls and rolling circles first. It makes things much easier. This is what i was told to. |
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Thanks! i am making progress from the first time i started about 2 yrs ago. I just need some fine tuning.
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Indeed. Four point rolls are very helpful. Learning to do them in high alpha will teach you a ton. I tell everyone that asks, keeping that nose up way high will slow the roll to a crawl and allow you to fine tune those inputs when constantly rolling. Gives you more time to make those inputs transitioning from elevator to rudder to elevator ..... It takes more power and more stick input. It also makes it easy to bail since you're already pointing up and the engine is into the power so it'll spool up faster if you need it to for getting out.
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Exactly. When I first started RHs, I tried to keep a set throttle setting. That allowed me to focus on rudder/elevator inputs and timing. Once getting a good hang of it, I started adding/taking away throttle to control altitude better. After getting more improved, the throttle blipping was to keep the tail as close to the ground as possible without jumping a foot up or slamming the surfaces into the dirt hard. Don't focus on throttle. Give it what it needs to keep flying for now. Refine it for precise control later once you've got the hang of rolling harriers.
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I can nail a 4 and 8 point roll OK ish, ish because my 8 points tend to wander off course by 10 degrees or so. something that needs work.
I just a had a go on the Sim again, I am flying inches ( pixels even) from the ground so I can work on maintaining height better, trying to analyse where I am going wrong. If I use just rudder in the rolling harrier I can string a bunch together with no really problem with blipping the throttle, tatty looking, but its a start, but as son as I introduce elevator to smooth them out I seem to get the nose to drop too far or they skew 90 degrees sideways, when the rolling element seems to slow down massively at the 270° rotation mark despite still having full aileron on. This isn't a problem on the first roll, I can nail those left or right 90% of the time and they look tolerable, it is the follow up rolls that go wrong. I am right hand dominant and adjusting roll rate while blipping the throttle comes easily, I am thinking my left hand has some quite serious learning difficulties. |
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Hi all, I am new around here. Was scratching my head for few weeks to figure out rolling harriers until I found Doc's clinics. Man, was I relieved!!! Thanks a lot Doc. Now, having the stir almost under control and occasionally going from left to right circles (unintentionally ), my biggest problem is that I unknowingly increase the throttle and end up rolling too fast and most of time too late to realize that I have the throttle real high. Am trying to nail that down, and from the the last 4 pages here, it seems like the solution is "practice, practice and practice" . Will do. But just in case if there is any tip to speed up the process... will help me save a lot of time as I am struggling to find stick time between work, some Job related training and family
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Thanks! BoneDoc
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