Mate you never Listed connecting the control wires at the centre. There hanging out when you do the nose cam. do the bottem zip after connecting wires. do the nose cam from the front. cos you can see the A frame bending with you leaning on it from the rear. Good first attempt though. I Agree with Andy ribs in to out. Nick Atos V driver for 5 years
@chasleton Thanks for the advice! I couldn't find anything wrong with my handling of the control wires, the spoilers passed the pre-flight checklist. The wires were hanging out because I pulled them out for transportation but they were fully connected. I listed attaching the spoiler control wires to the downtubes. Are you referring to an additional step required in case of separate transport? I'm a newbie when it comes to the ATOS, am I missing something obvious?
Nice job! This will be useful to all Atos C and V pilots. A suggestion... When you zip the upper zipper before tensioning the wing, do the lower zipper then too. Much easier. I also start doing the fishcams from the keel outward. Makes the last two tip cams easier. :>)
@andylong610 The steps involved in rigging a rigid with and an ATOS in particular have always been kind of mysterious to me. They are outlined in the manuals but it's hard to imagine unless you can actually see or do it in person. Thanks a lot for your tips Andy, I'll give them a try!
@MrLiftHog You're perfectly right - the tail dampens pitch to make tucks and spins less likely and increases stability in turbulence and at high speed. It also produces some lift - A-I-R actually counts the tail surface as part of the surface area of the wing.
great video - it does look a little more complicated than my AEROS target :)
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i've thoguht about making a basic hang glider for just maybe 6 feet altidue of the ground experiments from wood and fabric.
210482fmj 1 month ago
Mate you never Listed connecting the control wires at the centre. There hanging out when you do the nose cam. do the bottem zip after connecting wires. do the nose cam from the front. cos you can see the A frame bending with you leaning on it from the rear. Good first attempt though. I Agree with Andy ribs in to out. Nick Atos V driver for 5 years
chasleton 5 months ago
@chasleton Thanks for the advice! I couldn't find anything wrong with my handling of the control wires, the spoilers passed the pre-flight checklist. The wires were hanging out because I pulled them out for transportation but they were fully connected. I listed attaching the spoiler control wires to the downtubes. Are you referring to an additional step required in case of separate transport? I'm a newbie when it comes to the ATOS, am I missing something obvious?
horstgreiterer 4 months ago
Nice job! This will be useful to all Atos C and V pilots. A suggestion... When you zip the upper zipper before tensioning the wing, do the lower zipper then too. Much easier. I also start doing the fishcams from the keel outward. Makes the last two tip cams easier. :>)
andylong610 6 months ago
@andylong610 The steps involved in rigging a rigid with and an ATOS in particular have always been kind of mysterious to me. They are outlined in the manuals but it's hard to imagine unless you can actually see or do it in person. Thanks a lot for your tips Andy, I'll give them a try!
horstgreiterer 6 months ago
What does the tail plane do? I guess it's for pitch stability.
MrLiftHog 6 months ago
@MrLiftHog You're perfectly right - the tail dampens pitch to make tucks and spins less likely and increases stability in turbulence and at high speed. It also produces some lift - A-I-R actually counts the tail surface as part of the surface area of the wing.
horstgreiterer 6 months ago