acidcobra2002
Foam Flyer
Today I was intending to maiden the scratch build of the FT-3D. It was a normal day, but it turned out to be my worse flying day out of my 'career'. I had strayed from the recommending build, deciding to use a smaller propeller, .0947EF prop, than the recommending 1200kv motor. I only have the most used Turnigy 2200mAh 3S 20C Lipo, which has a listed weight of 188grams. The plane's weight listed without the battery by Flitetest was 439 grams, mine, without the landing gear or battery is at 418 grams with the smaller prop. With the larger recommending battery by Flitetest, the weight comes to 571 grams overall. Mine has a weight of 606 grams.
I hand launched the plane, had a bit of struggle since my rates were pretty high, and I leveled it. I gave it an angle to try and gain altitude, but the plane simply continued falling until smacking nose first into the ground and destroying my firewall. I'm rather new to flying a heavier plane, since the FT-3D is much heavier than the other foamy builds. I'm unsure what it would feel like exactly if the plane was over-cumbered with weight. I had ran out of that mentioned prop when I hit the ground and wondered if an 8x4 prop is good enough to use instead. Also, should I use the smaller recommended battery rather than the one I mentioned? I really would like to have a nice flying model but I'm always lost with how to get the parts right.
I appreciate the help, and if someone has advice on hand launching the FT-3D, I would appreciate that as well. I already lowered the rates much further down, and wonder also if 60% was good enough.
I hand launched the plane, had a bit of struggle since my rates were pretty high, and I leveled it. I gave it an angle to try and gain altitude, but the plane simply continued falling until smacking nose first into the ground and destroying my firewall. I'm rather new to flying a heavier plane, since the FT-3D is much heavier than the other foamy builds. I'm unsure what it would feel like exactly if the plane was over-cumbered with weight. I had ran out of that mentioned prop when I hit the ground and wondered if an 8x4 prop is good enough to use instead. Also, should I use the smaller recommended battery rather than the one I mentioned? I really would like to have a nice flying model but I'm always lost with how to get the parts right.
I appreciate the help, and if someone has advice on hand launching the FT-3D, I would appreciate that as well. I already lowered the rates much further down, and wonder also if 60% was good enough.