techdaemon | Two Ninja Stars and two unintentional flicks with D80 at Jones Pass @techdaemn | Uploaded September 2017 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
In my D60 video youtube.com/watch?v=o6lGJAvWn64
I tried to do two Ninja Stars and it would just spiral for a while burning off about half its speed, before it'd finally depart and spin.
My D80 was flying great, feels like the CG is spot on and the elevator throws don't feel excessive, but I discovered that it wanted to flick very quickly. It happened once unintentionally down low, and luckily was pointed away from the hill. Then I tried two intentional Ninja Stars and both initiated almost instantly.
The near the planned end of the flight I was just cruising across the back down low at about 200mph, and it snapped left about 90 degrees toward the hill on its own, tried to pull up and it departed fully, and "landed".. still going 150+mph. D80 isn't really known for weird handling like this, so not sure what to make of it.
In case some folks are wondering what is a Ninja Star.. It's when one wing and the tail stall at the same time, at high speed. It induces a very fast flat spin. The only recovery from it is to just wait, usually hands off the sticks until it eventually points its nose at the ground.
In my D60 video youtube.com/watch?v=o6lGJAvWn64
I tried to do two Ninja Stars and it would just spiral for a while burning off about half its speed, before it'd finally depart and spin.
My D80 was flying great, feels like the CG is spot on and the elevator throws don't feel excessive, but I discovered that it wanted to flick very quickly. It happened once unintentionally down low, and luckily was pointed away from the hill. Then I tried two intentional Ninja Stars and both initiated almost instantly.
The near the planned end of the flight I was just cruising across the back down low at about 200mph, and it snapped left about 90 degrees toward the hill on its own, tried to pull up and it departed fully, and "landed".. still going 150+mph. D80 isn't really known for weird handling like this, so not sure what to make of it.
In case some folks are wondering what is a Ninja Star.. It's when one wing and the tail stall at the same time, at high speed. It induces a very fast flat spin. The only recovery from it is to just wait, usually hands off the sticks until it eventually points its nose at the ground.
