jeremyrwatts
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I recently finished building my first Flite Test airplane. I built the Tiny Trainer from their "Getting Started" package deal. This package deal comes with an Emax 1806 motor, Emax Bl Heli 12amp ESC, a 2 cell lipo battery, and a Spektrum DXe transmitter. I attempted a maiden flight today but had trouble. The airplane didn't seem to have enough thrust to pull itself up into the air. I used both a 2 cell and a 3 cell battery at full throttle, and the airplane would barely go further than if I had thrown it.
At first I thought, maybe I used too much hot glue and decorative tape and made the plane to heavy to fly, but its weight without a battery is only 7.75 oz. Plus I have seen these planes carrying video cameras and landing gear on YouTube, so I do not think weight was my problem. I tried two separate batteries, so I do not think they are the problem. I calibrated the upper and lower limits of the throttle controls several times, without any changes. I have payed around with the app on my phone that is used to program the transmitter to see if was any sort of dual rate setting for the throttle, but I couldn't find anything.
Any help or advice y'all can give would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
At first I thought, maybe I used too much hot glue and decorative tape and made the plane to heavy to fly, but its weight without a battery is only 7.75 oz. Plus I have seen these planes carrying video cameras and landing gear on YouTube, so I do not think weight was my problem. I tried two separate batteries, so I do not think they are the problem. I calibrated the upper and lower limits of the throttle controls several times, without any changes. I have payed around with the app on my phone that is used to program the transmitter to see if was any sort of dual rate setting for the throttle, but I couldn't find anything.
Any help or advice y'all can give would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
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