chicken flop or ???
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Hi All
Just a note regarding the flight of my kangaroo: I've been flying it for about a year and decided to try something I had seen at the Woodland-Davis fan fly, so I went vertical and gave the P-120 full throttle, it's limited to @ 20lbs., when I reached the top I retarded the throttle a little and gave it down elevator.
It immediately went through 3 or 4 forward flops, end over end, which I expected but when I eased up on the elevator, it went into an upright flat spin to the right[X(]. I gave it a little down elevator and it came right out of the spin which allowed my heart to start beating again. I flew around a little longer to calm my nerves and made a picture perfect landing! Nothing like adrenaline to get one to focus!! Anyway is it normal to enter a flat spin after the flop? I sure wasn't expecting it. By the way I was at a couple of cliks above idle, I think during the flop and spin and no additional throttle was given to exit the spin.
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Mgary
Just a note regarding the flight of my kangaroo: I've been flying it for about a year and decided to try something I had seen at the Woodland-Davis fan fly, so I went vertical and gave the P-120 full throttle, it's limited to @ 20lbs., when I reached the top I retarded the throttle a little and gave it down elevator.
It immediately went through 3 or 4 forward flops, end over end, which I expected but when I eased up on the elevator, it went into an upright flat spin to the right[X(]. I gave it a little down elevator and it came right out of the spin which allowed my heart to start beating again. I flew around a little longer to calm my nerves and made a picture perfect landing! Nothing like adrenaline to get one to focus!! Anyway is it normal to enter a flat spin after the flop? I sure wasn't expecting it. By the way I was at a couple of cliks above idle, I think during the flop and spin and no additional throttle was given to exit the spin.
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Mgary
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RE: chicken flop or ???
My buddy Dennis Lott perfected and named the "chicken flop" it is perfectly normal for it to spin after the flop the other thing if you had added power you never would have recovered from the spin.
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RE: chicken flop or ???
If it doesn't end in a flat spin You aint doin it right....
If I recall the way to do a flop is to enter at 45% inverted up line go to Idle. Just as it comes to a stop go full power and full down. Mine will flop untill I let it go. Sometimes you can end it in an invert. flat spin that has very little alt. loss just by adding rudder with the down you already have. To recover just go to Idle the nose will drop and you are shortly back to flying. (do all this with lots of altitude at first)
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If I recall the way to do a flop is to enter at 45% inverted up line go to Idle. Just as it comes to a stop go full power and full down. Mine will flop untill I let it go. Sometimes you can end it in an invert. flat spin that has very little alt. loss just by adding rudder with the down you already have. To recover just go to Idle the nose will drop and you are shortly back to flying. (do all this with lots of altitude at first)
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RE: chicken flop or ???
Thanx for the replys, it was sure nice to see the recovery take place, and the Jet Cat didn't even burp during the extreme manuevers!!
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David
"other thing if you had added power you never would have recovered from the spin".
I love the way you just wrote this line in...........................Lol
Ian
"other thing if you had added power you never would have recovered from the spin".
I love the way you just wrote this line in...........................Lol
Ian
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RE: chicken flop or ???
That´s the way I lost my Kangaroo, it flopped at the top of a big lazy loop and entered a inverted flat spin to the ground. My setup didn´t help either.. I was flying it with a big and heavy turbomin and the c.g. was at the rear limit. the fall seemed to me to last forever!!!
it was the most spectacular spin I ever watched, pity that was my plane!
Regards, Enrique
it was the most spectacular spin I ever watched, pity that was my plane!
Regards, Enrique
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RE: chicken flop or ???
Enrique, sorry for your loss, I've seen other planes do the slow flat spin into the ground, they do seem to take forever.
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RE: chicken flop or ???
Hi guys,
I have just started to do the chicken flop, and everytime it ends out in a almost stand still inverted flatspin. it just looks so cool! I have 14,5 kg. of thrust, and theres just no end of power. Have all of you tilted your turbines? If so how much? I have tilted mine 5mm and that works well, but it looks kind of strange
best regards
Christian
I have just started to do the chicken flop, and everytime it ends out in a almost stand still inverted flatspin. it just looks so cool! I have 14,5 kg. of thrust, and theres just no end of power. Have all of you tilted your turbines? If so how much? I have tilted mine 5mm and that works well, but it looks kind of strange
best regards
Christian
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RE: chicken flop or ???
The Rookie is great for "chicken flopping". After you let it settle into a long slow flat spin towards the ground, you can use the thrust vectoring to make the nose drop. You can really let it drop a long way and make a bunch of people real nervous.