Hi folks. I recently got back into RC after a long break. Lots has changed! I'm blown away by the power and light weight of the new motors and batteries. It used to be a challenge just to keep an electric plane light enough to mush around for 4 minutes.
I used to be more of a slope soarer guy, but I'm digging the power and affordability of the modern electric stuff (also don't live near a good slope anymore). I also dig this cheap/fast foam board style as a lower stress/fun way to just try stuff.
So I maidened my Sea Angel today! It was almost disastrous, but old reflexes kicked in and I brought it down safe. Wind gusts up to 20 mph were happening, and I set my aileron throws way too high, whooo! Late in the evening I flew again with much calmer winds and it was much more relaxing.
I do have a question in here. The CG per the dots on the wings seems pretty conservatively forward, and it did seem to fly very stable in the pitch direction, and didn't mind tons of elevator throw. My gut feeling is that the CG could stand to move back a bit, and it would make it a bit more lively in pitch, and maybe even reduce the amount of down trim needed at high throttle. Has anyone played with the CG on this bird?
Thanks for any ideas,
Dan
I used to be more of a slope soarer guy, but I'm digging the power and affordability of the modern electric stuff (also don't live near a good slope anymore). I also dig this cheap/fast foam board style as a lower stress/fun way to just try stuff.
So I maidened my Sea Angel today! It was almost disastrous, but old reflexes kicked in and I brought it down safe. Wind gusts up to 20 mph were happening, and I set my aileron throws way too high, whooo! Late in the evening I flew again with much calmer winds and it was much more relaxing.
I do have a question in here. The CG per the dots on the wings seems pretty conservatively forward, and it did seem to fly very stable in the pitch direction, and didn't mind tons of elevator throw. My gut feeling is that the CG could stand to move back a bit, and it would make it a bit more lively in pitch, and maybe even reduce the amount of down trim needed at high throttle. Has anyone played with the CG on this bird?
Thanks for any ideas,
Dan