New to the hobby. Bought a new Carbon Cub S2. Went to fly for the first time, throttle at full power but plane doesn't take off take and just goes goes in circles on the ground, even at full throttle. Surface is grass. Thanks all who respond.
The instructor at my AMA club trained me using his Carbon Cub. I found it very easy to fly and he didn't even have the SAFE feature that is available as an option. He only had to take over once using his buddy system. It's as good or better than any of the FT for learning on. Me... I'd build a cheap FT design in one day and fly it the next day. That way
when you crash it, it won't hurt the pocket book and keep the Carbon Cub for when you've got the crashes out of your system. Now if you have a flight instructor as I had... go for it.
Did the "complete kit" include the batteries or did you have get those separate? If so... what did you get? The recommended is a 3S - 2200 mAh battery. If you just plugged a 1S or 2S battery in it, you'd get the symptoms you mention. Not enough voltage.
Full throttle using all the proper pieces will take off even if you don't pull back on the elevator. Calibrating the ESC is probably the problem. That is the problem I had with my first plane. It would barely take off after a long run and it would barely climb. Once I calibrated the ESC, it would take off in several plane lengths and would do so-so acrobatics.
Now as far as going in circles... did you follow all the instructions to set the neutral points and limits of the control surfaces? If it is going around in circles without inputs on the levers, then they're not configured properly and you'd be begging for an instant crash. If you are just saying "going around in circles" to illustrate the most control you have over it and it seems underpowered, it needs the ESC calibrated.
After that, I'd say you have something faulty. Do you have a volt meter? A free Harbor Freight model will do. You should get 12.4V for a fully charged 3S battery.
