I had the maiden today. What a great plane. Only required 1 click of down to trim it for straight and level flight. Plane was very responsive and pretty much went where I pointed it. Take off and landings were very predictable and without issue. This one is already my favorite.
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Way to go! From talking with Lon at Nefi, and watching him fly his, it looks like a great bird. I like the idea that it has no prop factor to worry about and with tricycle L/G, it just steers like a car. In the air, to coin a phrase, it looks 'rock solid in the air'
Glad to hear its love at first sight.
Grossman56Team Gross!
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Originally posted by Chalredline1 View PostI had the maiden today. What a great plane. Only required 1 click of down to trim it for straight and level flight. Plane was very responsive and pretty much went where I pointed it. Take off and landings were very predictable and without issue. This one is already my favorite.Lon
EFlite F-16 80mm, EFite DRACO, EFlite Night Radian, E-Flite P51 1.5m
Freewing A-10 80mm, F-86 80mm, F-15 90mm, Avanti. FMS DHC-2 Beaver, Fliteline P-38L ,HSD HME-262, HSD F86.
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Originally posted by AkumaZeto View PostWhat throttle managment are you using for take off? 1/4 to 1/2 then to full once rolling?Lon
EFlite F-16 80mm, EFite DRACO, EFlite Night Radian, E-Flite P51 1.5m
Freewing A-10 80mm, F-86 80mm, F-15 90mm, Avanti. FMS DHC-2 Beaver, Fliteline P-38L ,HSD HME-262, HSD F86.
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If you are asking if it tries to leap off the ground, it does not. It smoothly rotates and lifts off. If you are asking about a pitch tendency with increasing throttle, it doesn't have that either, one of the nice advantages of having the thrust line through the center of the aircraft.
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Originally posted by F106DeltaDart View PostIf you are asking if it tries to leap off the ground, it does not. It smoothly rotates and lifts off. If you are asking about a pitch tendency with increasing throttle, it doesn't have that either, one of the nice advantages of having the thrust line through the center of the aircraft.Lon
EFlite F-16 80mm, EFite DRACO, EFlite Night Radian, E-Flite P51 1.5m
Freewing A-10 80mm, F-86 80mm, F-15 90mm, Avanti. FMS DHC-2 Beaver, Fliteline P-38L ,HSD HME-262, HSD F86.
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Finalizing all my surfaces for a maiden soon. I noticed my left elevator stab does not move linear with my right. It is fine with sudden movements but a slow roll on the up or down stroke causes the left to move .5 ahead of the right. Is this going to matter causing a roll on the tail? I also noticed the ball links are very fragile and dont appear to allow the rod to pass through the link. So I had to set subtrims on my taranis to offset the neutral location setup from the factory. I just want to make sure I get everything right.
Also where is everyone setting their elevators at? In between there is a small rectangle piece of foam. Are you lining them up to the top lip middle of bottom of this centering piece.AMA 1102566
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As long as it is a barely noticeable delay you will be fine. You're not really going to get any noticeable rolling moment generated from the tail. But, if it is a significant difference in servo speed, you might consider replacing the servo. The last thing you want is a servo on your elevator locking up or dying mid-flight.
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Originally posted by AkumaZeto View PostI have 20mm for up travel on the elevator and 15mm for down travel. Will this be enough. It seems to be in spec for low rates but high rates seems crazy for elevator. I set 20% expo on elevator.Lon
EFlite F-16 80mm, EFite DRACO, EFlite Night Radian, E-Flite P51 1.5m
Freewing A-10 80mm, F-86 80mm, F-15 90mm, Avanti. FMS DHC-2 Beaver, Fliteline P-38L ,HSD HME-262, HSD F86.
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