Subcanis
Crash Test Mechanic
What a fantastic, fun little plane. Ran through 3 batteries at my local flying (soccer) field and then went over to a small pond nearby. First time flying on or off water (intentionally, at least).
Flies great, I was very impressed with the slow speed handling. Stalls are sharp, but clean and a non-event. It's pretty slick and doesn't like to slow down, so my approaches were fairly long. Plan ahead. I'm sure I can make them tighter and slower once I get more familiar with where the stall is.
I hardly used any rudder for flying. Rudder input is plenty adequate while taxiing on grass, less so on water. Again, plan ahead. Some have extended the rudder for water ops, I think that is a very good idea.
Inverted required a fair bit of down, but managable. I found it impossible to trim the pitch for the entire speed envelope. Found a happy medium and was able to manage it fine with stick pressure.
Power is adequate. I wouldn't be mad at a little more though. Water takeoffs seemed to take more distance than grass, but I was also being pretty conservative. I was more letting it get on step and fly off. I don't know if trying to "pop" up to break the surface tension sooner would be a good move or not. I'll let you know.
Just for reference:
-1300 3s, 30-40c
-DX6 and Lemon receiver
-Totally stock, throws as instructed with the exception of rudder, which I set at the maximum I could while maintaining equal deflection. 35% expo all around. Will probably increase pitch and roll throws a bit, and experiment with rates.
Issues I'm sure will need to be addressed sooner than later:
-The "hinges". I reinforced mine with extreme packing tape. Real ones would be best.
-Hull protection. I put a strip of extreme packing tape down the centerline. I'm contemplating trying to laminate it, or perhaps glueing a layer of thin plastic or the like down.
Overall, super happy with it. For the price, I wouldn't hesitate to recommended it.
Removed some of the decals and added some paint for visibility:
Skill level, no idea. Intermediate? I've been flying since early spring. Taught myself on a FT Explorer using both wings (RIP, thanks dad...:black_eyed, crashed a few Versas, and have been pretty exclusively flying a CTH Assassin for the last couple months.
Flies great, I was very impressed with the slow speed handling. Stalls are sharp, but clean and a non-event. It's pretty slick and doesn't like to slow down, so my approaches were fairly long. Plan ahead. I'm sure I can make them tighter and slower once I get more familiar with where the stall is.
I hardly used any rudder for flying. Rudder input is plenty adequate while taxiing on grass, less so on water. Again, plan ahead. Some have extended the rudder for water ops, I think that is a very good idea.
Inverted required a fair bit of down, but managable. I found it impossible to trim the pitch for the entire speed envelope. Found a happy medium and was able to manage it fine with stick pressure.
Power is adequate. I wouldn't be mad at a little more though. Water takeoffs seemed to take more distance than grass, but I was also being pretty conservative. I was more letting it get on step and fly off. I don't know if trying to "pop" up to break the surface tension sooner would be a good move or not. I'll let you know.
Just for reference:
-1300 3s, 30-40c
-DX6 and Lemon receiver
-Totally stock, throws as instructed with the exception of rudder, which I set at the maximum I could while maintaining equal deflection. 35% expo all around. Will probably increase pitch and roll throws a bit, and experiment with rates.
Issues I'm sure will need to be addressed sooner than later:
-The "hinges". I reinforced mine with extreme packing tape. Real ones would be best.
-Hull protection. I put a strip of extreme packing tape down the centerline. I'm contemplating trying to laminate it, or perhaps glueing a layer of thin plastic or the like down.
Overall, super happy with it. For the price, I wouldn't hesitate to recommended it.
Removed some of the decals and added some paint for visibility:
Skill level, no idea. Intermediate? I've been flying since early spring. Taught myself on a FT Explorer using both wings (RIP, thanks dad...:black_eyed
, crashed a few Versas, and have been pretty exclusively flying a CTH Assassin for the last couple months.
