mrjdstewart
Legendary member
ok, i work with kids and we got wind of the flite test store several months ago. we ordered the tini-trainer get-started-packet, and alpha, bravo, charlie combo w/o motors. since then we have also acquired a sim which we fly daily and log flight hours. so to say we are new at this is an understatement, but i am learning quickly. can't say enough about that trainer. i have a mini high-wing trainer and a baby radian that the kids currently fly.
anyways,
we bought the mini-scout kits w power pack A.
the kids are using the speed build kit while i am building from scratch.
so far i have tried to fly it 8 times and 8 times it has been out of control and crashes almost immediatly.
i have checked CG both front and to the sides and all checks good. all servos have almost the low rate travel. weight was checked at 198g.
i guess my big questions are with the off-set of the motor, or torque correction. do you really need that much right and down? also, what direction should the motor be turning and conversely, what prop. i had assumed CW, but now i think i'm wrong and looking at the build videos again closely supports it. i somehow have both 6030 and 6030R props though?
which way should the motor spin if looking at it head on like a clock?
do you need that much torque correction?
and what else could i be doing wrong?
i built this plane to be a test bed before we threw the kids planes into the sky. so far i am little worried. i'm not saying i' a great pilot, or even very good yet, but until flying this guy i only ever hit the ground out of control twice. once a vert stab folded on my hand built vulcan after a vertical climb out of a double roll, the other because i had been trouble shooting another plane using the vulcans settings and had reversed the elevon setting and did not switch back. it was a very short flight.
here is the scout i built from scratch. pretty happy with it but it has taken a beating in those 8 attempts and i am worried too many more and i will be starting from scratch.
thanks,
laramie
anyways,
we bought the mini-scout kits w power pack A.
the kids are using the speed build kit while i am building from scratch.
so far i have tried to fly it 8 times and 8 times it has been out of control and crashes almost immediatly.
i have checked CG both front and to the sides and all checks good. all servos have almost the low rate travel. weight was checked at 198g.
i guess my big questions are with the off-set of the motor, or torque correction. do you really need that much right and down? also, what direction should the motor be turning and conversely, what prop. i had assumed CW, but now i think i'm wrong and looking at the build videos again closely supports it. i somehow have both 6030 and 6030R props though?
which way should the motor spin if looking at it head on like a clock?
do you need that much torque correction?
and what else could i be doing wrong?
i built this plane to be a test bed before we threw the kids planes into the sky. so far i am little worried. i'm not saying i' a great pilot, or even very good yet, but until flying this guy i only ever hit the ground out of control twice. once a vert stab folded on my hand built vulcan after a vertical climb out of a double roll, the other because i had been trouble shooting another plane using the vulcans settings and had reversed the elevon setting and did not switch back. it was a very short flight.
here is the scout i built from scratch. pretty happy with it but it has taken a beating in those 8 attempts and i am worried too many more and i will be starting from scratch.
thanks,
laramie