friedrichchiller
New member
Hello FliteTest Community!
I am Jonathan and i just bought my Bixler 3 which is my first plane. After some starting difficullties because of a bad CG and and some trimming i managed to fly and land the plane without doing damage. What i realized was that the bixler 3 is extremely tail heavy with the little 2200 mah 3 s lipo which caused some light crashes. To fix that problem i mounted my gopro to the wooden conopy which gave the plane a really good CG but made it also quite heavier. Because of the added weight the Bixler flys really slow and doesnt want to climb very high nor fast. I have to fly it at full throttle nearly all the time to hold the altitude which gives me a flight time of only 10 minutes. I am now thinking of buying a 4000 mah 4s lipo to give it more power and to get some weight in the front. Another alternative i saw on Andrew Newtons video on youtube is to put another motor with a larger prop in it. What do you recommend me doing, without spending to much money? Do i have to buy a new motor ESC battery combo? BTW i bought the bixler 3 PNF which means it has a 20 A ESC.
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
I am Jonathan and i just bought my Bixler 3 which is my first plane. After some starting difficullties because of a bad CG and and some trimming i managed to fly and land the plane without doing damage. What i realized was that the bixler 3 is extremely tail heavy with the little 2200 mah 3 s lipo which caused some light crashes. To fix that problem i mounted my gopro to the wooden conopy which gave the plane a really good CG but made it also quite heavier. Because of the added weight the Bixler flys really slow and doesnt want to climb very high nor fast. I have to fly it at full throttle nearly all the time to hold the altitude which gives me a flight time of only 10 minutes. I am now thinking of buying a 4000 mah 4s lipo to give it more power and to get some weight in the front. Another alternative i saw on Andrew Newtons video on youtube is to put another motor with a larger prop in it. What do you recommend me doing, without spending to much money? Do i have to buy a new motor ESC battery combo? BTW i bought the bixler 3 PNF which means it has a 20 A ESC.
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!