parkzone trojan t-28, couple of newbie questions

[istandalone]

i got my t-28 in yesterday evening and i've completed the build. a few things i'm not sure on though, as the directions aren't great. when i give left aileron input, the left aileron should go up and the right aileron down, is that correct? also there is no specs in the manual for control throw length so i'll skip that, but it does say to start out with low rates. think 80% is low enough? i really have no plank experience at all, so nothing to compair to. this next question is for someone who specifically has this plane. how noisey are your included digi servos? mine beep like crazy. it stops if you wiggle the sticks a bit, but it's fairly loud. lastly, i've been advised that landing is much easier if i use a spoileron function on my tx. i'm using a futaba 6ex 73mhz and there is no spoileron function that i can tell. just elevon, flaperon, vtail and "fltr" whatever that means. thanks in advance for any insight.

[GaFlyer]

Hey I think I can answer 2 questions.Yes that is correct about left stick left aileron going up! And yes my sevo's make noise also, I had question about that but flew anyway and after 8 flights they still make noise and have no problems. There are no binding issues with servos, so I dont no why they make that noise. I bought the RTF so I use radio that came with plane. I took it out of box charged battery put on wing and prop and flew.

[istandalone]

sweet. thanks for the info! can someone here elaborate on the spoileron thing? i'm lost when it comes to that.

[SNAFU]

I don't have your specific plane but I'll try to answer your question.

Spoilerons(spoilers) are essentially the same thing as Flaps, just in reverse. Instead of going down and adding lift, they rise from the wing and decrease lift on the wing. Causing the aircraft to roll in that direction, and also because of the added drag on that wing usually will cause the aircraft yaw in the same direction. By activating both at the same time they can be used as air brakes which you can program a custom mix into one of your free switches(depending on your radio). Basically you would want both ailerons to rise at the same point.

I think(take it for what it's worth) you can program your flaperon mix in reverse to use as a spoileron just by making the value a negative (or positive, whichever is opposite) However you may not want to do this........

Flaperon mixing will use the ailerons together like they were flaps(pretty cool cause you don't need to add extra control surfaces) Flaps will actually create more lift which will allow you to fly slower, this would prolly be more helpful landing than spoilers.

I'm unfamiliar with your radio and bird but you may be able to program both flaperons, and spoilerons into your flight mode switch and have both.

Hope this helped
Bill

[SNAFU]

Here just found this on you tube. It's short and to the point. Side by side comparisons with and without flaperon mixing. It's on a twister Jet. Pay attention to the landing speed and how far it slides on the ground.
Big7Nsu09KM

Bill

Hey on a side note how do I post a Youtube video so all you have to do is click the play button and can watch it in the same window as the post?

[thefig781]

I have the T-28 and have added flaps to it. IMO not worth the trouble. The stock airplane will land fairly slow and it easy to flare on final approach. Just touch the mains down on the runway first or it will bounce. As for spoilerons, Don't bother. Flaperons may be a better solution, if your radio will support it. ( The stock one doesn't. ) I'd try 20 degrees of flaperon and put it on a switch. You'll have to bypass the "Y" connector on the ailerons and have the flaperon assigned to the switch of your choice. If you have limited plank experience, I'd leave is stock until you get familiar with the plane and are comfortable landing it. Hope this helps.

Jim

[rgrealty]

I added Flaps to my T-28 and absolutley Love them! I am using the DX7 so I was able to program them on the 3 position switch allowing for 3 levels of flaps depending on my flight. It really turns the T-28 into a whole new plane. Super Slow Fly-Bys. Landings that require little runway for those flights out front of your house. Awesome Scale take-offs. Even half stick throttle take offs. If you already upgraded to a new computer TX, then have the extra fun and add the Flaps. Not only that, but its a fun mod to make, fairly easy, and if any of your friends have a T-28, betcha they run away wanting to copy you.

BTW: If you are running Straight Stock T-28, you can still add flaps by Y connecting the servos into the channel 5 port of the RX. Just make sure you lay the servos in the wing facing the same direction.

RED BARON.

[Gmoney]

You guy change the prop out to the APC yet? If you havent do it. If you really want to get her movin pull the stock 480 motor and throw a 15 in her.. Oh yeah!

G

Servos noisy, ESC never stops beeping. mains fell out on first flight. I love this plane.

55250

[TractorMan]

I have a Park Zone T-28 Trojan and IMO you do not need to set up any kind of flaps. the plane flies great and the landings are so slow and smooth that you will have no trouble. I believe that for the money you could not have chosen a better plane.

[syscore]

When the radio (tx) is off, the servos act up randomly. Is this normal? I have the RTF model with the ZX10 radio.

[invertmast]

just to clarify... spoilerons are NO where near the same as a flap.

A flap extends to increase drag and lift to assist is slower landing speeds.

A Spoileron is and Spoiler and Aileron in one. It is used on aircraft that have very small ailerons to assis the ailerons in rolling the aircraft. They raise on the wing that is going to be dropping to disturb the airflow over that wing spoiling the lift which causes it to drop, which in turn rolls the aircraft and begins a turn.

A Flaperon is a Flap and Aileron combined.