I agree with most of the people on here that your plane looks and acts tail heavy, especially in a stall situation.
A few things I'd propose:
Test glide your plane.
If you can't get a calm day to do this maybe find a school gymnasium or similar. A basketball court should be big enough for just testíng gliding. You might even want to take the prop off for this or use the glider nose and some clay or coins taped to the nose to achieve cg so nobody complains about you scratching up their floors.
The ESC and battery can remain in place to power your receiver just cover the motor leads in tape so they won't short out and ruin your electronics.
For your test glide you want to give the plane a firm, level toss, don't overdo it.
The plane should glide straight for a bit and then assume a slightly nose down attitude as it bleeeds off speed without any input on the sticks. You shoudn't try any fancy maneuvering indoors anyway, just a nudge on the stick to correct the attitude before touchdown.
If instead the plane noses up and stalls even with the elevator surface in neutral you're dealing with a tail heavy plane. Add clay, or coins or whatever to your nose until you get a nice glide.
once you achieve that check and mark the cg your plane actually flies on in your wing. You'll want to keep it at the same exact spot when you install your powered nose again.
If your plane glides fine but pitches up under power you're dealing with a thrust angle issue, maybe your power pod got crushed and building a new one is in order.
Actually that was just one thing I proposed, if pretty detailed and a little long-winded.
Later on, outside if you're flying in windy conditions you might want to move the cg even further forward as that will help you penetrate the wind.
Hope I didn't bore you too much and best wishes on achieving flight. There's few things as exhilarating as your first successful flight.
(edited again: sooo many typos..)
A few things I'd propose:
Test glide your plane.
If you can't get a calm day to do this maybe find a school gymnasium or similar. A basketball court should be big enough for just testíng gliding. You might even want to take the prop off for this or use the glider nose and some clay or coins taped to the nose to achieve cg so nobody complains about you scratching up their floors.
The ESC and battery can remain in place to power your receiver just cover the motor leads in tape so they won't short out and ruin your electronics.
For your test glide you want to give the plane a firm, level toss, don't overdo it.
The plane should glide straight for a bit and then assume a slightly nose down attitude as it bleeeds off speed without any input on the sticks. You shoudn't try any fancy maneuvering indoors anyway, just a nudge on the stick to correct the attitude before touchdown.
If instead the plane noses up and stalls even with the elevator surface in neutral you're dealing with a tail heavy plane. Add clay, or coins or whatever to your nose until you get a nice glide.
once you achieve that check and mark the cg your plane actually flies on in your wing. You'll want to keep it at the same exact spot when you install your powered nose again.
If your plane glides fine but pitches up under power you're dealing with a thrust angle issue, maybe your power pod got crushed and building a new one is in order.
Actually that was just one thing I proposed, if pretty detailed and a little long-winded.
Later on, outside if you're flying in windy conditions you might want to move the cg even further forward as that will help you penetrate the wind.
Hope I didn't bore you too much and best wishes on achieving flight. There's few things as exhilarating as your first successful flight.
(edited again: sooo many typos..)
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