Since Will Moore posted my new ship here; I thought I'd let folks know how the 1st flights went.

 Set up : Arrowwind  3526/05 685KV motor TP Bat 5S 2700 mah FM 9 timer

I statred with 2.5 min flights -was very disappointed . Plane took off and landed great grooved , but turn was very poor


Switched from the 13X4.5  pusher to  a 13X5.5 I got from Dennis A . It was much better ,but still not right. The glide told me it could use  a bit of nose weight, but the turn said tail weight for sure
- confusing!
I have lost of things in this ship I don't normally use IE. flex lead outs ; 4 inch bellcrank' Tom Morris controls.

I usually make my own control horns , but decided to try Tom's double  flap and elev horns this time.

After four 2.5 min flights I knew  something was wrong ( honestly I thought I built a dog!)

I had set the control throws with a trow meeter that I use for RC . Then I started looking at Tom Morris' data sheets for his horns. The sheet said I should have the elv horn bottomed out  close  to the horn wire to achieve a 1to1 ratio.  I had it at about the half way point.  I changed the ratio per Tom's sheet and ignored the throw meeter. I flew complete patterns today and am real happy The ship has corner and goes where I aim it

I Am using a bit more Bat power than I hoped for but I can live with it. I'm using about 2300mah of the 2700mah

I like the two ST 60 ships I converted to elect last seasion ,but this  ship has the potential to cause me to leave them hanging on the wall

Hi Dick,

It looks good.  Cannot wait until Sunday to see it in action at Wrentham,  Ma.


Linheart

I'm glad it's working better, Dick ... but how could the throw meter lie?
Regards,
  Dean P.

Hi TY


Here a a couple of pics of the elect area( hope I can post more than one. Every time I try to put up two pics it tells me "too much data")

The top hatch is OK ,but I think I'll go back to the bottom hatch on the next one. It's no big deal turning the model over on a rack and I like the access much better. You may not be able to see it but I had to use two hatches. The top hatch for the battery and a traditional cowling so I can get the motor in and out