Settings:
CG between 64.5 and 66.5mm
For a CG at 66 mm, it can be shifted forward to 64.5mm with the heaviest ballast (100g). Adjust the length of each ballast
stick according to its mass depending on your preferences while staying within the recommended CG range.
Speed:
Ailerons 1.2 - 1.5 mm up
Preset:
Ailerons 0.0 mm
+
Elevator 2.5mm up
Fast cruise:
Ailerons 0.0 mm
Slow cruise:
Ailerons 2 mm down
Thermal:
Ailerons 2.0 - 7.0mm down
snap-flaps:
Ailerons 5 mm down / 3 mm up (5 points curve, to have some kind of inverse Expo with ailerons down)
Control surface motion ranges:
Ailerons: (differential suitable for thermal slow chase): 13 mm up
19mm down (with classical 3 points curve)
Differential for speed and high cruise modes can be more like +/- 13 mm
Elevator:
+/- 8 to 10 mm
Rudder:
+/- 12 mm (no need for more, the dihedral is very helpful!)
Some advices about the flight performance:
The NRJ has special gliding characteristics, being able to fly really fast with a good drag in flat foil configuration. But while
this is really amazing, you might forget about the consequent sink rate of this flight mode. This is only suitable for quick
transitions or returns from downwind explorations with high speed. To obtain the best sink rate, and longer times while
floating, you must use one or two camber modes, about 2 to 4-5 mm down, and trim these flight modes to obtain nice,
straight and horizontal trajectories, at the respective different cruise speeds.
We have noticed a better handling and performance in thermals detection if the snap flap mix is stated with an inverted
expo, (using a 5 points curve..) with the full flap mix rate effective on the first half of the elevator (stick) range. See the
upper values for snap-flap details.
HAVE GOOD FLIGHTS!
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