yellowbusguy
Junior Member
Hello! I've been flying since 1993 and I've returned to the hobby and to electric flight after several years. I've just finished a Versa for combat in my club and this morning went to maiden it and it will not fly. The plane nose dives into the ground. SETUP: pusher setup with the beef electric package, mounted the essentials motor mount to the bottom of the wing through a cutout in the top of the wing, prop is 90 degrees to the wing bottom. Lipo mounted in the nose as far forward as practical which needed 3 1/2 oz's to balance at the recommended point, it sits level with a very slight nose down attitude.
The Launch: Gave some up trim on elevators, set throttle about half to 3/4's and tossed it with a discus style throw very slightly nose up and it immediately dove as though it had full down elevator. I checked everything again including balance and tried again with the same result. I removed 1 ounce from the nose with the same result. I took out another ounce with no change. My planes always fly, including a crack wing that I recently built which basically flew out of my hand. Am I going the wrong way with the nose weight? I'm at a loss here. Thank you all in advance!
The Launch: Gave some up trim on elevators, set throttle about half to 3/4's and tossed it with a discus style throw very slightly nose up and it immediately dove as though it had full down elevator. I checked everything again including balance and tried again with the same result. I removed 1 ounce from the nose with the same result. I took out another ounce with no change. My planes always fly, including a crack wing that I recently built which basically flew out of my hand. Am I going the wrong way with the nose weight? I'm at a loss here. Thank you all in advance!