Hatch
New member
Hello all,
I was recently gifted a bunch of RC planes by a buddy who acquired them from a deceased relative. He had no interest, and weirdly, neither did his kids.
I've always been interested, so I came and got them, 8 planes and a DX6e. After a few weeks of research, I sorted out that two were beginner, three intermediate, and the rest expert.
I started out with the Sport Cub S2, since I learned thru research that this plane's SAFE mode was THE way to start out.
I took it for it's maiden voyage, and immediately looped it into several hard landings and decided I wasn't yet ready. I watched all the flitetest beginner series, and then FINALLY read the flight manual where I realized I had originally tried it in expert mode
When I tried again, with it actually in SAFE mode, I fell in love immediately!
Now, I've been flying a couple times a week, and am getting quite comfortable with safe mode. However, as soon as I switch over to intermediate mode, the plane noses up, then dive bombs. I know this must be a set up issue, most likely just simply being tail heavy - which I learned is "baad mmk"
So, what direction should I go with correcting CG? I was thinking weighting the nose, but it's already a relatively slow craft, and I don't want to make it harder for the small motor and TINY batteries...
I was recently gifted a bunch of RC planes by a buddy who acquired them from a deceased relative. He had no interest, and weirdly, neither did his kids.
I've always been interested, so I came and got them, 8 planes and a DX6e. After a few weeks of research, I sorted out that two were beginner, three intermediate, and the rest expert.
I started out with the Sport Cub S2, since I learned thru research that this plane's SAFE mode was THE way to start out.
I took it for it's maiden voyage, and immediately looped it into several hard landings and decided I wasn't yet ready. I watched all the flitetest beginner series, and then FINALLY read the flight manual where I realized I had originally tried it in expert mode
When I tried again, with it actually in SAFE mode, I fell in love immediately!
Now, I've been flying a couple times a week, and am getting quite comfortable with safe mode. However, as soon as I switch over to intermediate mode, the plane noses up, then dive bombs. I know this must be a set up issue, most likely just simply being tail heavy - which I learned is "baad mmk"
So, what direction should I go with correcting CG? I was thinking weighting the nose, but it's already a relatively slow craft, and I don't want to make it harder for the small motor and TINY batteries...
