10-06-2010, 12:19 PM
Hi All 
Two things that are important for this plane. The COG is 70mm from the LE and the motor has to be straight on the stick mount. Yep my COG is at 70mm, the elevator feathers are dead straight when flying and not kicked up or down in the slightest. It's easy to find the COG in that its the front of the servo wire lead exit in the body where it steps down to let the servo wire out.
This is the main area that has been giving me such a hard time with the plane the most. My air time with this plane is increasing at a rapid rate now that this has been solved and the amount of video I am getting is increasing at an enormous rate too, now that she flies so well. Need more DVD's to burn to now
I am liking that it is easier than the Easy* to launch, in that there is no down dip on hand launch, straight as an arrow and with the COG now back at the 70mm mark the landings are even smoother.
I was going to do a water takeoff and land today but the weather is not letting that happen at the moment so hopefully in the next couple of days it will be ok to try that one.
The video Mr_B and the Black Box Testing was updated in the mean time.
Mr_B
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Two things that are important for this plane. The COG is 70mm from the LE and the motor has to be straight on the stick mount. Yep my COG is at 70mm, the elevator feathers are dead straight when flying and not kicked up or down in the slightest. It's easy to find the COG in that its the front of the servo wire lead exit in the body where it steps down to let the servo wire out.
This is the main area that has been giving me such a hard time with the plane the most. My air time with this plane is increasing at a rapid rate now that this has been solved and the amount of video I am getting is increasing at an enormous rate too, now that she flies so well. Need more DVD's to burn to now
I am liking that it is easier than the Easy* to launch, in that there is no down dip on hand launch, straight as an arrow and with the COG now back at the 70mm mark the landings are even smoother.
I was going to do a water takeoff and land today but the weather is not letting that happen at the moment so hopefully in the next couple of days it will be ok to try that one.
The video Mr_B and the Black Box Testing was updated in the mean time.Mr_B
8)
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