Hey Everyone
I just wanted to share my experience so far. Having had success with my first plane (a Tiny Trainer), I decided to attempt something more advanced and went with the SE5 because I love its cartoonish looks. The build went together fairly easily however the maiden didn't, it flew as if it was very tail heavy despite the CG being on the fold of the upper wing. On my first attempt I didn't use enough throttle and it nose dived into the ground, On my second it pitched up almost immediately and rolled over. On my third it pitched up and was very twitchy, after a few seconds it went behind me and went out of sight, I heard the sickening crack as it managed to miss all the lovley long grass and slam into the only concrete path. The damage wasn't as bad as expected, it seems that the power pod soaked up most of the energy.
Looking at it after I'm not too sure how to check my CG, because the top wing is so much higher than the body it seems that the plane sits flat regardless of where I put the battery. I'm going to try again with the power pod a bit further forward.
I also ran into another small problem in the specs for the the SE5 the control throws are given as 12 degrees but the throw gauge in the plans gives 21 and 27 degrees for low and high rates. Does anyone know what the proper low and high rates should be?
My slightly sad looking SE5
(P.S. this is my first post please be nice)