Flight tips

[Catapultguy]

Built a Stagger Wing
33 inch wings
Flew it for first time this week. A little tail heavy first flight-seemed to squat a little on the turns. Landing was less than great.
Added some weight to the nose and it flew better. However landing was pretty hairy.
When I tried to flair to land well let’s say it banked hard and skidded in on a wing tip.

My guess is that the lower wing shadows the upper wing at high angles of attack and with the ailerons on the upper wing control was lost

 

[badpilot27]

I'm not too sure but I think one of the reasons why your plane stalled like the way it did is because of the leading edge isn't really curved. Once it gets to a certain angle of attack, I think the wing starts acting more like a flat wing where the upper surface doesn't contribute to making lift that much.

I hope this image helps explain

I know all wings stall at some angle of attack but for a more angular leading edge like that on your plane the angle of attack required to stall the upper surface of the wing lower than that of a wing with a curved leading edge and the stall is more violent I think.

Don't take my response too seriously as this is just my best guess and I'm defiantly not that qualified to solve that problem.

 

[Piotrsko]

Good guess, probably what happened. Typically solved by changing upper wing incidence a degree or two less so the top wing stalls last and does a parachute effect. Loose a bit of lift, but handling at low speed improves so much. Popsicle stick on back edge of wing comes to mind