kilroy07
Legendary member
Okay, so I nosed in my Kraken.
I don't consider it a "crash" as I was flying FPV and all I saw was trees. (post flight, I realised I stalled her.)
Now, I don't know about you, but I've had my fill of fishing planes out of trees...
(I STILL have the wings to a FireBird Stratos in the trees of a local park and that's been over 6 months now...)
So... as this build is my "test bed" I decided to transition her to a pusher.
Here's the build...
A "ramp" to use FT's power pod design.
Located 8" off the wing's outer panel seam line.
Then the powerpods are placed inverted on top.
I had to use 2 EXTRA 2200 batteries to get the CG to balance as before... mind you, that's a total of 4 batteries packed right up on the nose to get her to balance where the original Kraken balances.
I am not happy, because as it is, I lost quite a bit of "up" authority (Elevator)... I could NOT get her to loop any more....
So my question is...
Should I look at the thrust line (currently set at 5% down) OR
Should I decrease the nose weight.... Drop a battery or two?
After I get her looping again (as she did as a tractor) I'll publish the plans for the mod (unless someone wants to experiment... Just PM me.)
Now, I don't know about you, but I've had my fill of fishing planes out of trees...
(I STILL have the wings to a FireBird Stratos in the trees of a local park and that's been over 6 months now...)
So... as this build is my "test bed" I decided to transition her to a pusher.
Here's the build...
A "ramp" to use FT's power pod design.
Located 8" off the wing's outer panel seam line.
Then the powerpods are placed inverted on top.
I had to use 2 EXTRA 2200 batteries to get the CG to balance as before... mind you, that's a total of 4 batteries packed right up on the nose to get her to balance where the original Kraken balances.
I am not happy, because as it is, I lost quite a bit of "up" authority (Elevator)... I could NOT get her to loop any more....
So my question is...
Should I look at the thrust line (currently set at 5% down) OR
Should I decrease the nose weight.... Drop a battery or two?
After I get her looping again (as she did as a tractor) I'll publish the plans for the mod (unless someone wants to experiment... Just PM me.)