We've been getting a lot of comments about us using the term "slot" instead of "slat". Here's why we used "slot".🤓Slats are adjustable and move. Slots are fixed and don’t move. Slots can be full span or partial span (think globe swift or Stinson for partial) and can be built into the wing or mounted on front (think Zenith 701 for on front). Slots like the ones on our beaver can technically be referred to as “fixed slats” but they aren’t true slats by definition since they don’t move. 👍More info: www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aircraft-systems/leading-edge-slot-lift-device/ 📦✈
I am well aware as I have been an aircraft mechanic for over 40 years and I’ve gone through all the schools. slats in the front flaps in the back are devices used to create additional lift whether they move or not. But it is your video.kiwi4
@@ThreePilotsFPV We'll have to agree to disagree. Take a peek at the above article in the pinned comment and you can even find info on slots in the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook which I use to teach my full-scale students as well. Aircraft like a Stinson and Zenith 701 are great examples I show my students to differentiate between a slat and a slot since these aircraft's leading edge devices are fixed. Note the thumbnail of our video - "fixed slats" is also an acceptable term. Even at my day job flying jets, we refer to slats as moving leading edge devices that increase lift on our wings when deployed. At the end of the day, language is fluid - so use what works for you.
Thank you for this weekly dose of aeronautical competence, it's a very rare resource. Even crashes are OK to watch when the perpetrators actually understand why it happened. Keep them coming!
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Jetzt guys just bought a small cup s.... Well its gone now (conection to the Controller failed) soooooo do u have some ideas for some med range planes ? Thx
OK OK AM I THE ONLY ONE EXCITED FOR SEEING A FORESTER JUST LIKE MINE ON THE VIDEO (apart from the fact that mine is lower than this one)? Is it a turbo one? A turbo stick one?!?
Mine has the entire WRX suspension, full exhaust, an ethanol tune BECAUSE THIS IS BRAZIL LOL, and is delivering about 280ponies at the wheels. “Enough” for an humble aircraft hauler.
@@brunocardenas sounds like a fun car! I enjoy mine quite a bit. Great winter car and daily. I also have a 2005 Legacy GT Wagon as a summer car and airplane hauler which also sees quite a bit of track time, has a built engine with bigger turbo, coil overs, front and rear LSD. That’s getting a fresh engine in the next couple months. I am envious of you having easy access to ethanol!
Slots? Are you racing little cars with a peg in the front? Throwing lots of coins in a machine and thinking it will give you more coins back? You might want to give Mike Patey a call? I know Scrappy got some impressive articulated slAts, but adding slots? I'm sick and tired of these monkey fighting slots on this monkey fighting airplane!!!
(Copied from another comment I replied to): this for whatever reason has been a misused term in the RC AND GA world for years. Slats are adjustable and move. Slots are fixed and don’t move. Slots can be full span or partial span (think globe swift or Stinson for partial) and can be built into the wing or mounted on front (think Zenith 701 for on front). Slots like the ones on our beaver can technically be referred to as “fixed slats” but they aren’t true slats by definition since they don’t move. More info: www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aircraft-systems/leading-edge-slot-lift-device/
(Copied from another comment I replied to): this for whatever reason has been a misused term in the RC world for years. Slats are adjustable and move. Slots are fixed and don’t move. Slots can be full span or partial span (think globe swift or Stinson for partial) and can be built into the wing or mounted on front (think Zenith 701 for on front). Slots like the ones on our beaver can technically be referred to as “fixed slats” but they aren’t true slats by definition since they don’t move. More info: www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aircraft-systems/leading-edge-slot-lift-device/
That’s one of my favorite birds to fly around I will say my favorite (mod) I’ve done is a nice apc slow flyer prop seemed to help move much more air at lower throttle keeping flow over the control surfaces a bit better at the slow going. I would like to add I don’t know what I’m talking about 🤷🏼♂️
Could you guys do a video on the OMP Hobby BigHorn 49inch. I would like to see you guys fly it like you guys fly other bushplanes. Not many people on youtube fly like you guys. I wonder if it is a good bushplane. Keep up the amazing videos!1
Thanks! That unfortunately hasn't been a plane we've been eyeing, but we'll keep it in mind. Also, in general, it's best to avoid balsa planes for actual confined area RC bush flying as they don't take the same level of abuse as the foamies do, especially around the landing gear. Foam is also much easier to repair.
@@TailHeavyProductions thats true. I loved watching the mudgy 70. But the OMP bighorn is probably not even close to the mudgy 70 in performanc and bushflying.
Another great video! ps - hoping attaching bottle rockets to a Trex 700 is something you're considering. The crew at RCHO is looking forward to hearing from you
Honestly the slots look like they're acting as flat boards providing downward force than they do enhanced boundary layer control, seems you would have been better off with an array of vortex generators to do the same job for less weight
@@TailHeavyProductions No data necessary, I'm the armchairiest armchair engineer ever, more than qualified 💪😤 .... I still did some research tho and found a study that concluded big winglets are better than vortex generators at enhancing overall lift. https ://www. wseas. org/ multimedia/journals/fluid/2020/a385113-284.pdf (auto-download warning)
(Copied from another comment I replied to): this for whatever reason has been a misused term in the RC world for years. Slats are adjustable and move. Slots are fixed and don’t move. Slots can be full span or partial span (think globe swift or Stinson for partial) and can be built into the wing or mounted on front (think Zenith 701 for on front). Slots like the ones on our beaver can technically be referred to as “fixed slats” but they aren’t true slats by definition since they don’t move. More info: www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aircraft-systems/leading-edge-slot-lift-device/
Finally it came out. I had a pretty bad day flying I cracked a wing in half on landing but hey another project anyway what’s your expert advice to make foam bind back to foam?
I've used Foam to foam glue. It doesn't get brittle. It's sticky. Glue , test fit. Pull it apart for several minutes and then stick it back together. You may some toothpick dowels too.
Sorry to hear it. Foaming white gorilla glue. Use water to activate it and as it dries it foams so have a wet paper towel nearby to keep it flush as it dries. A little goes a long way!
I got the glue I got all the frame and foam together but I just found out that the motor mount broke but the plane is good! I’ll get a new mount soon thanks
@@TailHeavyProductions I can assure you there is no misconception I have worked on everything from the hot air balloons to the 747 and nowhere in there does the slots ever appear. But yet again it’s your video. Kiwi4
Hey Eddie! This for whatever reason has been a misused term in the RC world for years. Slats are adjustable and move. Slots are fixed and don’t move. Slots can be full span or partial span (think globe swift or Stinson for partial) and can be built into the wing or mounted on front (think Zenith 701 for on front). Slots like the ones on our beaver can technically be referred to as “fixed slats” but they aren’t true slats by definition since they don’t move. More info: www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aircraft-systems/leading-edge-slot-lift-device/
SLATS not slots… Of course larger tires 🛞 change “the way a plane flies “. They add massive amounts of drag down very low. The main reason that you have poor high AOA performance and control as well as stability is that the blocky slats disrupt airflow over the entire top of the wing. Your aileron extensions don’t work because they are also too crude with blunt square leading edges. Your “ brilliant “ mods also shift the overall aerodynamic center of pressure forward making the plane unstable in pitch and yaw.
(Copied from another comment I replied to): this for whatever reason has been a misused term in the RC world for years. Slats are adjustable and move. Slots are fixed and don’t move. Slots can be full span or partial span (think globe swift or Stinson for partial) and can be built into the wing or mounted on front (think Zenith 701 for on front). Slots like the ones on our beaver can technically be referred to as “fixed slats” but they aren’t true slats by definition since they don’t move. More info: www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aircraft-systems/leading-edge-slot-lift-device/
