Day #4. Essentially done with the build. Still dinking around with electronics set up but pretty much good to go. This one was most challenging build I have done. I made a couple of early on mistakes with a wrong fold, and glue in wing crease that I shouldn't have done. That made build a little more difficult. Learning a lot of technique on each build so I might get ok at building if I keep at it.
It was a real pain getting this hatch to fit well back to front and over the wings. I had to do a lot of sanding the wing curve on the hatch and I finally modified it by cutting it in half just in front of the canopy. I was able to fit it much better. And changing battery means I only have to remove front part of hatch.
Getting balance at suggested c.g. was not easy either. Battery recommendation is for a 1300 to 1400 3s or 4s. I started with an 1800 3s and even pushed all the way forward against firewall couldn't get nose down. I switched to 2200 3s and pushed it all the way forward and that works ok.
Setting up low rates at 60% with 30% expo, mid at 80% and high rate at 100% with 40% expo. Looking forward to getting some air time now.
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