Successful maiden today, 5 flights in all
wonderful weather, little wind, 25c temp with lots of sunshine
First flight showed that the model was very nose heavy and slow to respond to elevator.. flew a nice and steady level flight
Removed the muffler! yup I was naughty but it improved the elevator response
Second flight I was able to fly inverted and showed the wings not level, high in normal flight, low inverted.
Tweaked the flaps slightly as well as taping a heavy coin the the outside wing.
Motor ran nicely inverted so no need to move the fuel tank, this was a nice surprise.
Third flight improved the wings level between inverted and upright.. getting happier!
But the elevator response was still slow, on landing I placed a lump of plasticine under the tailplane.
Forth flight was better, more responsive but I will need to move the CG further back
Fifth flight I moved the lead out guide slight more to the rear, better line tension... happier now!
So I still have some tweaks and trimming to do, need to buy a fp15 tongue muffler
All up, not a bad model... yup I am a happy little control line flier
Topic: My Slow Coach Spinoff (Read 1163 times)