Hi Balsa Bob,
I operate off hard surface only. No departures from the “straight” has been my experience during take-off or landings….with an out of the box configuration for the nose gear set-up.
You should be safe to fly it as is.
Remember….Glide in w/o power, get it down to a few inches high then SLOW HER DOWN / hold her off before touching down. Landing with minimal energy is the key that I’ve learned from several hundred landings.
Don’t flare high or she may drop a wing as she slows down. Flare when about a foot high then descend to a few inches and HOLD HER OFF. She won’t drop a wing in ground effect. Sometimes she touches with me holding full up elevator….like a Cub! My CG is by the book.
Also, fly only in 5 mph winds or less if you want to avoid landing incidents.
This week has been amazing in north Texas. I’ve made several B-2 flights every day this week at sunrise in cool, crisp air and almost calm winds. I estimate 25 landings this week.
I launch 15 min before sunrise for the first flight. The strobes HELP! She looks like a UFO / UAV in the pre-sunrise sky. Such an awesome looking bird!
-GG
PS….Yawn! But this weather won’t last forever. Gotta take advantage of it.
PPS Now flying with SMC 6200 Graphine Extreme TruSpec LiPos. Great batteries! However, I got 14 months on the prior set of Admiral Pro 6000 batteries before I began to see indications of aging/use. Not bad! No complaints! And they got TONS** of use.
**Estimated 300 to 400 cycles per battery.
Use profile…FYI:
- Not flown below 50F unless warmed first
- max of 3600 to 4000 mAh consumed
- 70% (F-4) to 50% (B-2, AL37, PJ-50) mixed throttle flight profile with a little 100% during acrobatics
- Charge rate = 4 amps
- Aging signs = slight swelling, internal resistance increasing, and one battery refused to charge above 3.5 volts/cell
Not saying the above is gospel, but it seems to work.
I operate off hard surface only. No departures from the “straight” has been my experience during take-off or landings….with an out of the box configuration for the nose gear set-up.
You should be safe to fly it as is.
Remember….Glide in w/o power, get it down to a few inches high then SLOW HER DOWN / hold her off before touching down. Landing with minimal energy is the key that I’ve learned from several hundred landings.
Don’t flare high or she may drop a wing as she slows down. Flare when about a foot high then descend to a few inches and HOLD HER OFF. She won’t drop a wing in ground effect. Sometimes she touches with me holding full up elevator….like a Cub! My CG is by the book.
Also, fly only in 5 mph winds or less if you want to avoid landing incidents.
This week has been amazing in north Texas. I’ve made several B-2 flights every day this week at sunrise in cool, crisp air and almost calm winds. I estimate 25 landings this week.
I launch 15 min before sunrise for the first flight. The strobes HELP! She looks like a UFO / UAV in the pre-sunrise sky. Such an awesome looking bird!
-GG
PS….Yawn! But this weather won’t last forever. Gotta take advantage of it.
PPS Now flying with SMC 6200 Graphine Extreme TruSpec LiPos. Great batteries! However, I got 14 months on the prior set of Admiral Pro 6000 batteries before I began to see indications of aging/use. Not bad! No complaints! And they got TONS** of use.
**Estimated 300 to 400 cycles per battery.
Use profile…FYI:
- Not flown below 50F unless warmed first
- max of 3600 to 4000 mAh consumed
- 70% (F-4) to 50% (B-2, AL37, PJ-50) mixed throttle flight profile with a little 100% during acrobatics
- Charge rate = 4 amps
- Aging signs = slight swelling, internal resistance increasing, and one battery refused to charge above 3.5 volts/cell
Not saying the above is gospel, but it seems to work.
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