Can you please give me some advice to land the Avanti? Mine bounces like a basketball. In the video I can see full flap and no throttle? I don't know. Your avanti stays on the ground as soon as you touch. Did you modify the landing gear somehow? Thank you very much.
The gear is stock and there is an idle thrust set at about 15% with throttle stick all the way back. The key is landing on the mains, never nose first. To get the nose up the jet has to be slow enough to rotate without climbing, so controlling your speed is important. I would practice some stalls at altitude to get comfortable with the slow end of the flight envelope. The stock Avanti stalls at about 17 mph with a 6s 6200 mAh pack. Very slow! Just line up early and go easy on the stick to avoid stalling on final. You can find more tips at the end of Part 6 of my video series on landing an EDF jet. Just click on my avatar, go to my channel, and look for the playlist, By the Numbers.
@@ivanvela5441 You're welcome! The shorter V2 nose gear lowers the AOA and dumps lift on touchdown. So, yes, that helps prevent bouncing. But landing slower will do the same.
@@rcnfo1197 I think moving back the CG will help too. When I go slow enough to land without bouncing, the elevator stops helping to rotate and I finally end touching first with the nose gear instead of main. If I push the throttle a little more to be able to rotate and avoid nose gear to touch first, the bird doesn't want to land and turns into positive ascent rate. My actual CG is per manual 105-110mm. Thanks for your help.
@@ivanvela5441 Exactly! CG is critical for that reason. Mine is at 125mm. It takes very little elevator to pitch the nose up, even at speeds down to my typical touchdown of 20 kts.
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Can you please give me some advice to land the Avanti? Mine bounces like a basketball.
In the video I can see full flap and no throttle?
I don't know. Your avanti stays on the ground as soon as you touch. Did you modify the landing gear somehow?
Thank you very much.
The gear is stock and there is an idle thrust set at about 15% with throttle stick all the way back. The key is landing on the mains, never nose first. To get the nose up the jet has to be slow enough to rotate without climbing, so controlling your speed is important. I would practice some stalls at altitude to get comfortable with the slow end of the flight envelope. The stock Avanti stalls at about 17 mph with a 6s 6200 mAh pack. Very slow! Just line up early and go easy on the stick to avoid stalling on final. You can find more tips at the end of Part 6 of my video series on landing an EDF jet. Just click on my avatar, go to my channel, and look for the playlist, By the Numbers.
@@rcnfo1197 Thank you!!! I've read somewhere the V2 nose landing gear helps a lot. And moving the CG back to 121mm too. I'll watch your videos.
@@ivanvela5441 You're welcome! The shorter V2 nose gear lowers the AOA and dumps lift on touchdown. So, yes, that helps prevent bouncing. But landing slower will do the same.
@@rcnfo1197 I think moving back the CG will help too. When I go slow enough to land without bouncing, the elevator stops helping to rotate and I finally end touching first with the nose gear instead of main. If I push the throttle a little more to be able to rotate and avoid nose gear to touch first, the bird doesn't want to land and turns into positive ascent rate.
My actual CG is per manual 105-110mm.
Thanks for your help.
@@ivanvela5441 Exactly! CG is critical for that reason. Mine is at 125mm. It takes very little elevator to pitch the nose up, even at speeds down to my typical touchdown of 20 kts.