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Function of the main wing components and rear fins.
- Thread starter kareez
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Salut Kareez,
I am intrigued; where are you from?
Since you have NO flight exprience, you need to find someone who has flown and can maiden your aircraft.
If you CAN'T find that person, climb a few feet above the ground (like on a picnic table) and throw your completed model a few times without power, just to see how it glides and ajust the trims as much as possible BEFORE commiting to your maiden flight.
If trimmed correctly (and with the C.G. in the right place) it should glide with no control inputs. If not, ajust some more.
The first flight is often so much harder than the 3th or 4th would be, simply because the trims are usually totally off.
That's why the best way (when possible) is having an experienced pilot for the maiden, who than passes you the remote.
Good luck! Keep us posted.
I am intrigued; where are you from?
Since you have NO flight exprience, you need to find someone who has flown and can maiden your aircraft.
If you CAN'T find that person, climb a few feet above the ground (like on a picnic table) and throw your completed model a few times without power, just to see how it glides and ajust the trims as much as possible BEFORE commiting to your maiden flight.
If trimmed correctly (and with the C.G. in the right place) it should glide with no control inputs. If not, ajust some more.
The first flight is often so much harder than the 3th or 4th would be, simply because the trims are usually totally off.
That's why the best way (when possible) is having an experienced pilot for the maiden, who than passes you the remote.
Good luck! Keep us posted.
Well done! With a biplane I like to look down at the wings from above & imagine them as a single wing. From above, consider a point about 30 to 40% back from the leading edge of the forward wing, viewing the fore to aft chord of both top & staggered bottom wing, as a single wing. Lift with your finger tips under the upper wing tips at about that 30 to 40% chord of both wings viewed from above. The tail should lift first, or maybe both tail & main gear together. If not, move the battery forward a bit & try again. At some point the main gear should come off the surface with the nose slightly pointed down if your center of gravity is close enough to attempt a flight.
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SRATCH THAT PLAN; your model is much bigger than I though. You won't be able to throw/chuck it hard/fast enough to make it glide.
Compared to models with about the same wingspan, your plane is a bit heavy:
FT Storch : 1000 grams
FT Guinea Pig : 1200 grams
FT Sea-Duck : 1300 grams
(200grams batterie included)
But the biplane configuration will help to slow it down, make it a bit easier to control.
Compared to models with about the same wingspan, your plane is a bit heavy:
FT Storch : 1000 grams
FT Guinea Pig : 1200 grams
FT Sea-Duck : 1300 grams
(200grams batterie included)
But the biplane configuration will help to slow it down, make it a bit easier to control.
Thank you Sheriff
. I took the size and plane map from this tutorial:
This model was the most similar example that I could have made with the facilities I had. The facilities that I have is very similar to the ones listed in the attached image. Can my model fly?
. I took the size and plane map from this tutorial:This model was the most similar example that I could have made with the facilities I had. The facilities that I have is very similar to the ones listed in the attached image. Can my model fly?