My son (eleven years old) and I have gotten into the hobby since "Santa" brought him a Simple Cub kit for Christmas. We built it and have been attempting to fly over the last 8 weeks. Yesterday was the most success we've had - he had it up for 30-45 seconds on at least three occasions, but it's not smooth. Not that I expect him to be, as neither one of us has ever flown, but I think I need some help in maximizing our success to keep his continued interest.
On two of the flights the Cub was turning left hand loops in a counter clockwise direction, about 200' feet in diameter. I was watching the plane, not his fingers on the controller, and thought he was doing it on purpose. I told him to try a right turn into a clockwise loop, but it kind of all fell apart there. He said the plane was just flying the loops by itself and when he tried to turn right, it went for a little then crashed.
From the videos and research, I'm guessing it needs to be trimmed, but I don't understand how I would go about that if we're only getting 45 second flight times...
Can anyone point me in a direction for a video/instructions, specifically using the Spektrum DXe that was included in our kit?
Here's the video:
On two of the flights the Cub was turning left hand loops in a counter clockwise direction, about 200' feet in diameter. I was watching the plane, not his fingers on the controller, and thought he was doing it on purpose. I told him to try a right turn into a clockwise loop, but it kind of all fell apart there. He said the plane was just flying the loops by itself and when he tried to turn right, it went for a little then crashed.
From the videos and research, I'm guessing it needs to be trimmed, but I don't understand how I would go about that if we're only getting 45 second flight times...
Can anyone point me in a direction for a video/instructions, specifically using the Spektrum DXe that was included in our kit?
Here's the video: