Elevons for Newbies!

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Elevons for Newbies!
This video will cover elevons for newbies, and discussion of what elevons are, what elevons do and how to install elevons in your RC model airplane.
Note that the demonstration RC aircraft, my origianl design of the square flyer, can be built from plans downloaded here:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The majority of airplanes use three different control surfaces to control flight. Elevator for pitch, rudder for yaw and ailerons for roll. In a tailless delta wing aircraft, the aileron and elevator control functions are performed by elevons (the word is a combination of elevator and aileron). Note that from a pilot viewpoint, the controls (pitch and roll) for an elevon aircraft are flown the exact same way as for a conventional aircraft.
Today's computer radios, such as the Spektrum DX6, make the use of elevons extremely easy to implement. In the video, I will demonstrate the Spektrum DX6 setup for use of elevons.
Here is a link to my KZfaq Channel:
/ timmckay56
Many thanks in advance for a post of this video on Facebook, it truly helps the channel a lot!
Regards,
Tim
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Controls overview
01:11 - Delta wing aircraft
02:18 - Square foam flyer
03:15 - Delta wing examples
03:50 - Elevon installation
04:58 - Transmitter setup
06:58 - Center of gravity
07:18 - Elevon flight demonstration

Пікірлер: 32

@aaravdholakia1209 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I cannot tell you how much this helped!!

@TimMcKay56 3 жыл бұрын

AD: You're welcome! 😁 Tim

@jeffswope1511 Жыл бұрын

Love the square flyer. Looks like a flying old school album cover. Thanks for the info

@TimMcKay56 Жыл бұрын

👍🏻😊 Tim

@yodecaf Жыл бұрын

I love your videos, Tim. The style is welcoming and your content is thorough with a great mix of history and practicality. Now onto make a bat wing for my daughter!

@TimMcKay56 Жыл бұрын

Sanka: Thanks for checking in and your kind words! Tim

@lucavascon1498 2 жыл бұрын

you made my day!. straightforward and chrystal clear!

@TimMcKay56 2 жыл бұрын

Luca: Glad things worked out! Tim

@waterbox6457 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I dont use this for rc planes but I use this in a plane building game.

@TimMcKay56 3 жыл бұрын

WB: Very good! Tim

@davidquerry8869 3 жыл бұрын

HA HA, every time your Wife yells "it flies", it reminds me of Frankenstein, "IT'S ALIVE". I think she was surprised it flew.

@TimMcKay56 3 жыл бұрын

David: My wife does a tremendous job with her iPhone and the video work. Ref the flight of the square flyer, I was thinking about the same thing . . . this thing is actually flying ?? 😁 Tim

@murpheyslaw 9 ай бұрын

I am a newby and found this very helpful, I'm in the process of building a pizza box flyer (plans by leadfeather on rcgroups) even tho I'm not to the servo install yet it's nice to know ahead of time, thanks for taking the time to present this

@TimMcKay56 9 ай бұрын

Good luck! Tim

@obxphillyfpv7435 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks this was a great explanation. As long as I can use elevator in a turn then I have plenty of maneuverability. I can just see landings being a little bit harder without rudder for fine touch in fast fixed wings. I had an idea this was how it worked but you made it easy and I have same radio currently.

@TimMcKay56 2 жыл бұрын

OBX: Sounds good, thanks! Tim

@dabara2004 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this.

@TimMcKay56 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏻😉 Tim

@maleeshapriyanjana7604 5 ай бұрын

very good explanation. I wondered how a squire shape model fly. it is just like aledin's matt

@TimMcKay56 5 ай бұрын

😊👍🏻 Tim

@Zosla83 6 ай бұрын

Hi Tim, Thanks for you video, I found this very interesting as I am new the RC planes. Recently I built a similar type of plane with only the elevons and no rudder. During my test flight, every time I tried to turn left or right the plane spins. From several experiments and crashes, it seems I need to slight turn to the desired direction and also lift up the plane while doing so. However, my experience is limited and found that turning any direction is a problem and I just can't get it right? Could you share your experience or techniques for turning with just elevons? Thank you.

@TimMcKay56 6 ай бұрын

Hi Zosla: For normal sport flyers, no real need for rudder in flight (although rudder helps ground ops a bit 😊). Turns with elevons should work just fine. See my foam board F-22, no rudders just elevons. My guess, almost for sure, is you have way too much elevon throw which is putting you into a spiral really as opposed to a spin. Reduce control throw and I think you’ll be OK. Tim

@smitdmello1634 3 жыл бұрын

i have a question, in conventional aircraft design the ailerons are in main wing, and elevator in rear wing, can the ailerons move in opposite direction of elevator for giving better pitch movement so plane can become super manurable or it may crash?

@TimMcKay56 3 жыл бұрын

Smit: Moving ailerons like that would really not work, as the main function of ailerons is for roll control. If you would like more pitch authority, either make a larger elevator or give the elevator additional throw. Tim

@smitdmello1634 3 жыл бұрын

@@TimMcKay56 can i put canards then my plane will look like su30 mki jet

@TimMcKay56 3 жыл бұрын

You can try! Tim

@smitdmello1634 3 жыл бұрын

@@TimMcKay56 thanks sir

@paulr3556 Жыл бұрын

Hello, quick question. I fly quadcopters normally and the roll seems backwards on wings. Aka roll left, on controller and elevon left goes up on craft. That means it rolls right? This opposite to quads?

@TimMcKay56 Жыл бұрын

Paul: Apologies, I am simply not a quadcopter flyer. 😟 Can anyone assist?