matt_k Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I was messing about with my trimmers and watching my ground speed and from neutral to full reflex there was no speed increase, is this normal? I thought full reflex was the fastest setting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptwizz Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 OK, I'm a novice pilot with no experience of reflex wings, but to me the obvious questions are what was your sink rate at each setting and did you adjust throttle settings as you adjusted trim? Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bholleran Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 My Question would be what height were you at? If you were very low then I think you would be able to see the difference in speed, but at any modorate height i.e. 1000 ft ish or more I think it is very difficult to tell. Just my 2p worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickyh Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 It could also be how your wing behaves with different speedbar and trim settings. My Reaction 29 does bugger all on the trims, but then goes all out on speedbar. I've heard that more recently produced wings (but don't quote me) are biased more towards the trims and less on the speedbar to reduce cruising effort. Which makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1buell_wl Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 i fly a speedster 30 and did the same thing myself the other night and found i had an increase of about 10-15mph from neutral to fully out, this was nil wind sunset evening time and i had to increase revs by about 800 to maintain level flight and could feel the wing surge and speed up i would be mighty pissed off if my wing didn't speed up trims out, like you said, i thought that was the whole point.... sell it and get a speedster I agree, I would be pissed too. I fly a nucleon and I've done some testing and even releasing one side of the trimmers I can feel that side speed up and the wing starts to fly sideways until I release the other side. Once both are out I have to increase the throttle because my sink and speed has increased. I can verify the speed increase on the vario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Are the brakes set at the recommended length? Make sure that there is still no brake engagement when the fast trim is set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 As barry said it's hard to tell when up high.... Did you have a GPS??? this will give you an accurate reading of your true speed If your wing does not accelerate when you put the trimmer out get it checked out... Or as Meds said buy a Speedster!!!! I know a place you can get one Matt!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_k Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 I was checking my speed on a gps (android app) but i didn't check speed from full slow to neutral, im gonna check that next time. My brake lines are slack on full reflex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Something must have been up with the app take a proper GPS.... then compare the two. If all fails buy new wing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_k Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 I got the PPGPS app for android phones and have been using this for speed and i just ran round the garden with my Gaming aswell and only the garmin picked up my speed!! Think the app is a crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivefreeman Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Try doing some more laps around the garden , about 267 should do it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommcb6016 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I got the PPGPS app for android phones and have been using this for speed and i just ran round the garden with my Gaming aswell and only the garmin picked up my speed!! Think the app is a crap It's not the app it's android that's crap... My revo has a big increase with the trimmers then another big one with the speed bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_k Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Done 64 laps of the garden now and still nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivefreeman Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Keep it up Mat if it dont work at least it will keep the grass down ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Keep it up Mat if it dont work at least it will keep the grass down ! Good thinking as you will not get any petrol for the mower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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