Voro's 3d School: Knife Edge Tutorial 

I am 68 years and and started the hobby about 6 years ago. I always looked at other young flyers flying knife edge. Your tutorial is of great help and I am starting the sim practice as of now. THANKS A LOT. Lino Xuereb Malta.

stilll watching today in 2020

When you think about the airflow, look at the plane and think what happens when you pull on the elevator and have the rudder deflected. The air is all bunched up on the top of the stab between the rudder and elevator, but when you're pushing, the air is allowed to flow a lot more freely. Also, one perk of rolling left is that you can speed up your roll slightly by using the torque of the motor. Inversely, rolling right can have a floaty effect slowing the roll with the torque of the motor.

Beautiful flying, very informative instructions. Now to try it, get the glue and duct tape ready

Sounds good. I'll add that to the list of upcoming videos. Thanks, Voro.

Really appreciate your video and instructions! Thanks a million for your help.

Love your videos. They are really helpful. The giant scale was great as I am building a 92" Decathlon from scratch. What I would like you to do a video on is trimming an aerobatic plane. Including some basic coupling of controls; for instance when in knife edge having the the aircraft tend to tuck or roll out. Even the basics such as when to use aileron versus when to use rudder trim. The way you fly it appears that the trim doesn't matter!

Hello, Thanks for the comment is much appreciated. I trim all my planes to fly straight and level while on full throttle. as for knife edge I prefer to "mix" with the sticks. It's a little more difficult to learn but in the long haul its much better for recovering from trouble. Thanks Voro.

Now getting into aerobatics, Thanks for the tips

Very nice.....just found your 3D tutorials. Just what I was looking for, like your commentary and I believe I'll be a regular viewer. I think using a simulator for the tutorial is a good decision.

Great lesson, thanks!

Thanks for your reply. I realize the goal is to get the aircraft to track straight and level hands off, but my query was more as how do you do it with examples. How to determine if the CG is correct; i.e., tail heavy, nose heavy, when to trim rudder instead of aileron and vice versa. It was just a thought about a possible video.

Hi Voro, I think your aerobatics and videos are amazing. Could you please tell me how to suprimpose the Tx stick positions onto a video. Thank You John

It depends on Center of Gravity and how large the rudder is it self, about 95% of low wings and mid wings will knife edge, and from what I've seen about 40% of high wings will. However, knife edge on a high wing is much more difficult as you need to mix elevator and aileron to keep it in a knife edge. Thanks for the question hope that helps :)

Example at dream-rc-airplanes under "tips and tricks" there's an article on trimming. It is somewhat involved with many steps.

Fantastic video! Very well done. Im starting to get braver on my little 540qq. Do you have to have your throw maximized in order to do slow speed maneuvers? I have my rates at around 50% right now and the plane acts more like a fast racer than 3d.

Magnifique! quelle maitrise! bravo!

It's not just you, it does fall easier making inside turns during knife edge, the rudder is partially blanked by the fuselage and wings while turning inside so it loses some authority.

nice landing bro

Thanks for the video. It would be good if you guys number your tutorial videos based on difficulty

Thanks for the video. When the plane is flying knife-edge, what part of the plane generates lift to keep it in the air?

Still watching in 2021

That helps a lot. Thanks

hi when learning knife edge do you use rudder after ail or at the same time

hey voro, your tutorials all sound very professional, thx. btw, i'm looking to buy a proper flight simulator, i know you used phoenix 4 on these, but which is the overall better sim: phoenix5 or rf7, iyo?

great! could you include the airplane model name from PhoenixRC for the tutorials? very useful videos. thanks

They just sound electric and you can do this by selecting a model, select edit, change it to advanced, then find sound and select any size electric you wish.

Great video mate , you are helping me a lot , could you tell me what simulator you use please? Many thanks Scott

This model is named "Shuriken" Thanks for the comment.

are yours electric ? whats sound/edit have you added ? :P nice videos btw :))

Phoenix 4.0 Thanks, Voro

i know ;) but what's sound use you :)) ?

Can you get a deltawing trick tutorial? :) I´m flying a Scimitar and would like to learn some tricks :)

Great tutorials. Thanks. Can a knife edge be obtained with any plane with a rudder? As long as your skill level permits?

what website is that

Which sim do you use

What software?

Hi I am Kiran from India Can u make vedio on Cuban eight.. pls

damn, that moment when you cant tell if its a videogame or real life O_o

what simulator?

Medium Electric.

Hi voro, my question is this. Can i do that kind of things whit my sig four star os 40 engine?

Are these tricks something u can do with a real plane?

hi voro, can I do this with a p-51d mustang?

I would be more impressed if this was on an actual rc plane. A real airplane rarely has perfect construction, perfect balance, or perfect weather. These facts add a substantial degree of difficulty, and unpredictability that sims cannot recreate. If you are a serious 3d pilot how about some tips on CG location, propeller matching, radio mixes etc.