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10-22-2013, 12:19 PM
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Are most Rc Kits/Arfs at 0 incidence? Generally Full scale planes are at 6%. The reason I ask is that recently I have been "forced" into a rash of repairs...I am not a builder..This is part of normal aerodynamics that is rarely discussed within the Rc community. I would appreciate any input. Generally I have been setting at 0 incidence aligned with the horizontal stabilizer.....Thanks ..Pete 
10-22-2013, 07:44 PM
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Are most Rc Kits/Arfs at 0 incidence? Generally Full scale planes are at 6%. The reason I ask is that recently I have been "forced" into a rash of repairs...I am not a builder..This is part of normal aerodynamics that is rarely discussed within the Rc community. I would appreciate any input. Generally I have been setting at 0 incidence aligned with the horizontal stabilizer.....Thanks ..Pete
Many RC planes are not set at 0 Incidence.
6 degrees in full scale is a little high. On average it is less than that, for example a Cessna 172 has a 1.5 degree wing incidence, and a P47D warbird has a 1 degree incidence.
A 737 Jet also has an incidence of 1 degree (but coincidentally has a dihedral of 6 degrees)
Most of my scale RC aircraft have a few degrees of Incidence.
Setting 0 Incidence does have some good applications in RC particularly for aerobatic models.
If you planes are flying the way you want them to no need to change anything you are doing.
Here is a good article http://www.rcflightschool.com/Inter_...ter_0A4-13.pdf
Last edited by Rob2160; 10-22-2013 at 07:49 PM.
