Reverse Thrust Plank

[Bug]

I think that the only thing phoenix is missing now is a fixed wing with reverse thrust.
Something like this:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BePYZf5U_P0[/ame]

Do you think they will ever add this into it?

Bug

[robgt]

That looks pretty cool
Cheers,
Rob

[Kwickkwack]

looks interesting to say the least.

[Boggy]

that is really cool. but how do people get thier head around controling this stuff???

[cambs flyer]

Christ, it almost rewrites the laws of flight physics, incredible!

[Twister]

FMS has VPP models available.

In case anyone wanted to know.

[Bug]

really? thats awesome, will have to download it again
I orderd one of these from germany the other day, should be here next week
I sooo wanna learn nose down prop hangs or would they be called prop pushes :?
Thanks,
Bug

[DemonJim]

It works exactly like a helicopter, in fact it's easier to set up if you actually use helicopter tx programming (in normal separate-servo swash mode).

Mechanically the variable pitch prop works just like a tail rotor on a heli (just variable pitch, of course no need for any cyclic as it has control surfaces to do that).

So you use idle-up modes to control the prop pitch / collective based on your throttle position exactly the same way as a heli.

When prop hanging it's effectively the same as a heli, only in a different TX mode (so if you normally fly helis mode II it would be like mode IV, and if you fly helis mode I it would give you a left stick cyclic in the prop hang hover (ie mode III)). So flying nose down would be the same but inverted [again, in the wrong mode] Hope that makes sense

I tried this last year with an Ikarus shock flyer and it was great fun (while the plane lasted )

Learning to prop hang, torque roll and doing high-alpha rolling circuits on a plane is just as much fun as helis - those here who think planes are all just tedious wooden scale boneshakers should think again!

[moyesboy]

The difference is that mushing about with a fixed wing like that they will still let you fly on "the patch" becuase its not a heli

[jboweruk]

I've seen real planes that almost re-write the laws of physics too, like a Mig that could 'jet hang', wow!