Control Surface Deflections And Expo Settings - BVM General Dynamics F-16 C Construction And Operating Manual

Control Surface Deflections and Expo Settings

Control
Stabilator (measured at the
L.E.)
Aileron (measured at the
Root)
Rudder (measured at the Bot.)
Note: The BVM Demo plane is setup using the following Expo percentages. Positive values
are used on Spektrum and JR radios, Futaba uses negative.
 Cut the templates from the last two
pages of the manual. Use the heavy
paper templates to setup control
deflections. Triple rates have been
tested. Align the "tick marks" and
dashed lines to locate the template onto
the fuselage, use tape to secure.
BVM ®2014
High Rate Expo
Up 1-5/8" Up 17%
Down 1- Down 21%
1/2"
+/- 1-3/8" 10% / 10%
+/- 1-1/8" 10% / 10%
Medium Expo
Rate
Up 1-1/4" Up 18%
Down 1-1/4" Down 22%
+/- 1-1/16" 10% / 10%
+/- 3/4" 8% / 8%
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Low Rate Expo
Up 1" Up 8%
Down 1" Down 12%
+/- 7/8" 10% / 10%
+/- 1/2" 0% / 0%
Printed 9/26/2019