Jade_Monkey07
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Limited by my technology I've been looking up planes that would easily convert to 2ch pusher setup. This round I decided on the Me 262B-1a/U1 night fighter
The build took about 4 hours. It's not perfect. But it's my best resembling model yet.
Glide tests were very promising so I moved the rc gear over to it and got it all balanced. I quickly moved to 2 dimes glued under the nose instead of the single dime extended out.
Its maiden flight it was very tail heavy and sluggish. I removed the paper from the tail and it leveled out nicely, but it's very slow and barely stay in the air. First thing I tried was adding tape wing extension/flaps. This helped but The engine nacelles are a ton of drag, so sadly i removed them and just went with a flat visual facsimile of the necelle. This fixed everything now its flying perfectly, Its quick and maneuverable with a decent glide profile. Turns way better than I expected. I'll grab a video tomorrow morning. Then the paintjob to match my source photo
The build took about 4 hours. It's not perfect. But it's my best resembling model yet.
Its maiden flight it was very tail heavy and sluggish. I removed the paper from the tail and it leveled out nicely, but it's very slow and barely stay in the air. First thing I tried was adding tape wing extension/flaps. This helped but The engine nacelles are a ton of drag, so sadly i removed them and just went with a flat visual facsimile of the necelle. This fixed everything now its flying perfectly, Its quick and maneuverable with a decent glide profile. Turns way better than I expected. I'll grab a video tomorrow morning. Then the paintjob to match my source photo
