jross
Well-known member
Took it out today. Realized after I'd duffed it a few times, I had forgotten to install winglets. May have been part of my problem. I launched the plane and it consistently went into a nose up attitude, rolled left and went in nose first. Same behavior with no reflex and 2 mm of reflex. Played with CG a bit but it didn't seem to make much difference. Throttle was about half on an F pack. I don't have any 1300 mah batteries with the right connectors so had to use a 900 and an extra 500 to balance things out.
I struggled with finding real estate to mount electronics, ESC and RX in particular. Had so much extra wire laying around, I wondered if that could have been part of the cause. Had trouble buttoning electronics up tight. I can see how building custom looms for wings could be helpful. No extra wire to deal with. So she's back on the bench tonight and I'm wondering what I did wrong. Wondering about thrust angle and whether I messed that up or perhaps the firewall is pointing slightly to one side.
I struggled with finding real estate to mount electronics, ESC and RX in particular. Had so much extra wire laying around, I wondered if that could have been part of the cause. Had trouble buttoning electronics up tight. I can see how building custom looms for wings could be helpful. No extra wire to deal with. So she's back on the bench tonight and I'm wondering what I did wrong. Wondering about thrust angle and whether I messed that up or perhaps the firewall is pointing slightly to one side.