FT Storch Owners Thread
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Capt_Beavis
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How are you launching and how much throttle are you giving it?
The last two times I have seen torque roll on a maiden lead to crash the elevator channel was reversed.
You should be able to launch it just above half throttle. The Storch will veer to the left a bit but it is easily controllable.
The last two times I have seen torque roll on a maiden lead to crash the elevator channel was reversed.
You should be able to launch it just above half throttle. The Storch will veer to the left a bit but it is easily controllable.
Capt_Beavis
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If you folded the wings I would guess that the wing wasn't properly reinforced. I have a hard time believing anyone flies theirs harder than I do. Try some extreme packing tape over the joint. Mine weakened and flexed a few times and I had to re-glue it until I used the extreme tape (fibers going both directions).
Jimbobtheflimbob
Noob
I took off from the ground at half throttle with no elevator, as i do with my delta ray and t28. It immediately pulled to left and was very hard to control, and also always wanted to lose altitude, making it very hard to control. I might try a smaller motor or angling the motor up and to the right a bit.
Will
Will
Capt_Beavis
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what motor are you using? You shouldn't have to change the thrust angle.
Jimbobtheflimbob
Noob
Emax gt 2215/09 that came with the power pack c.
Bayboos
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Oh man, this motor is not nearly powerful enough to make the plane "hard to control". Maybe it will make it a little asymmetric; but nothing you shouldn't be able to trim out. And - if anything - the motor should be pointing down, not up.
All this plus your description suggests your plane have some bigger problem. It would be helpful if you would post some pictures of the plane, maybe some of us will spot the problem. From my own experience, I know that the Storch is farily immune to the crooked tail; thus I'm guessing there is something wrong with the wing. But I can't say anything more without the pictures.
All this plus your description suggests your plane have some bigger problem. It would be helpful if you would post some pictures of the plane, maybe some of us will spot the problem. From my own experience, I know that the Storch is farily immune to the crooked tail; thus I'm guessing there is something wrong with the wing. But I can't say anything more without the pictures.
Jimbobtheflimbob
Noob
the wing doesn't sit perfectly on the fuselage due to the landing gear which protrudes a bit. the gear has been taken off now anyway as it fell of on landing! the biggest problem was that is couldn't gain altitude, so would always 'land' when i tried to turn it as it couldn't go over about 5 meters altitude. the torque was a bit worrying, but it may have been a cross wind looking back at the footage.
a clip from the maiden showing its inability to gain altitude:
https://youtu.be/mU88oUhtJ9I
i will post some pictures later when i get the storch out again to fix the gear.
Will
a clip from the maiden showing its inability to gain altitude:
https://youtu.be/mU88oUhtJ9I
i will post some pictures later when i get the storch out again to fix the gear.
Will
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Bayboos
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Can't see much on this video, except that it seems underpowered. This seems strange, the motor you have is powerful enought for unlimited vertical (unless the plane is extremely heavy). That in turn suggests there is a problem with motor/prop setup; and the lack of stability is simply a result of not enough airspeed. Check your power setup again, atarting from the very basics: is the prop installed corretcly (not slipping on the shaft) and in the right direction (letters/markings facing forward)? Is it the right size (somewhere between 8x4 and 10x6)? Is the ESC calibrated? If you need, please refer to one of the FT Beginner Series videos: Beginner Series - Power System. If that would not fix your problems, please try to make some detailed pictures and/or video; and we'll take it from there.
Jimbobtheflimbob
Noob
i have changed the motor/esc to the esc/prop from your storch light article bayboos as i want a more scale flight, but will swap between the two. i used a 10/4.7 prop (the one from the c power pack). it may have been that the esc wasn't calibrated, but it certainly wasn't underpowered, you can't tee the takeoff in the clip but it got off from long grass in abut a meter, and seemed to be a similar speed to my pz t28 (a bit slower). i might try recalibrating the esc tomorrow (it is almost night in the UK). the prop was the right way around, and felt pretty tight. it may be that my storch is too heavy, as i painted, varnished and sealed the edges with hot glue, but it seemed to balance perfectly with a 2200 implying it was a similar weight to the specified weight. i will inspect the prop and motor tomorrow.
Will
Will
Capt_Beavis
Posted a thousand or more times
A meter is actually kind of long for a Storch take off. The generally get off the ground right away with little rolling. If you say it launches but wont climb that sounds like a power issue to me too.
Jimbobtheflimbob
Noob
It was taking off from 2-3 inch grass, and may not have even taken that ling to get up. I will try the different power setups and recalibrate the esc, although the tests may have to wait due to bad weather.
Will
Will
AverageGuyRC
Member
I got bored with my Storch and had moved on to other planes. It was an excellent four channel trainer. Recently I decided to put an APM 2.6 and GPS in it that I had from another project. I also threw in a telemetry radio to control it through Mission Planer on my laptop. Now it just flys around on its own. Oh, and it also lands on its own. It also works great as a trainer using the geofence feature and stability mode on the APM. I had my girlfriend and her 12 year old son flying it the other day. They looked like pros after a few minutes.
Capt_Beavis
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How did it go today?
themistocles3
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storch paint color
Ron DuBray-I love that paint job. Is that rattle can or brushed acrylic? Did you minwax first?
Ron DuBray-I love that paint job. Is that rattle can or brushed acrylic? Did you minwax first?
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