Not sure how I stumbled across Flite Test, but boy am I happy that I did! Bought some stuff and started scratch building, a Tiny Trainer and a Mini Scout were first, and a much bigger Harvard (AT6 Texan) from plans found here.
Learned a few things with the Tiny Trainer during the build, such as putting the horizontal stabilizer on upside down, and cutting a bit too deep on a couple score cuts, but otherwise I must say pretty straight forward. Top marks to the build videos!
Followed the 3 channel Tiny Trainer build as close a possible, including a FT power pack A and a Flysky FS iA6B 6 channel receiver. Battery is a 3 cell 650 mah. I found the plane to be very nose heavy, so much so that I had to move the battery completely behind the power pod. This posed mounting issues, but I managed to secure everything and get an OK CG. First flight attempt was about 18 feet, probably due to low throttle. Second flight was across the park, with questionable directional control. Pulled out of a couple death dives, but ended up nosing in and breaking the prop.
Am I on the right track to think that a stall caused the wing tip to drop and send the plane into a dive? I may have backed off the throttle too much, or tried to climb too sharply at some point.
Post flight I noticed a downward camber to the horiz stab of about 0.2". Would this have any detrimental effect on handling?
To facilitate easier loading of the battery, I made a new, longer power pod that provides a surface to velcro the battery to. CG is good.
Weather has turned nasty, so patiently waiting for calmer weather to try again...
Cheers, Jeff
Learned a few things with the Tiny Trainer during the build, such as putting the horizontal stabilizer on upside down, and cutting a bit too deep on a couple score cuts, but otherwise I must say pretty straight forward. Top marks to the build videos!
Followed the 3 channel Tiny Trainer build as close a possible, including a FT power pack A and a Flysky FS iA6B 6 channel receiver. Battery is a 3 cell 650 mah. I found the plane to be very nose heavy, so much so that I had to move the battery completely behind the power pod. This posed mounting issues, but I managed to secure everything and get an OK CG. First flight attempt was about 18 feet, probably due to low throttle. Second flight was across the park, with questionable directional control. Pulled out of a couple death dives, but ended up nosing in and breaking the prop.
Am I on the right track to think that a stall caused the wing tip to drop and send the plane into a dive? I may have backed off the throttle too much, or tried to climb too sharply at some point.
Post flight I noticed a downward camber to the horiz stab of about 0.2". Would this have any detrimental effect on handling?
To facilitate easier loading of the battery, I made a new, longer power pod that provides a surface to velcro the battery to. CG is good.
Weather has turned nasty, so patiently waiting for calmer weather to try again...
Cheers, Jeff