daven
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From: Andover,
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Ok, here are the details.
It was a bit windier than I'd like to maiden a new design, but what the heck.
Takeoff was sweet, nice and low, and straight. No issues.
As it climbed out I could tell the throws were way to much. Got to altitude and let the plane fly itself. When I did so, it was rock solid smooth. Even full elevator pulls would result in tight circles with no roll out.
My problem was that I had way to much throw, and barely touching down caused a pretty steep dive. I shut it off, and landed it, not the best, but I could tell it was tail heavy.. I took out ALL of the down (The 8UAF only lets you go down to 30%), and reduced all the other throws and flew it again.
Takeoff was smooth as silk again, with little rudder needed to keep straight. It takes a while to build up speed on the ground, and takes off at a very shallow angle.
Throws were better, a little too soft actually, but I still had issues with pitch. The slightest amount of down elevator caused it to dive. After a few circuits I shut it down and turned it back into the wind. It was obvious on approach that the nose wanted to rise without input, and I had to give it a little down to get it to the ground. It needs nose weight bad, I'm going to move everything forward and try again..
I am amazed at how it took off, and how it did not roll at all with elevator input (even very high amounts of it). Still got bugs to work out, but considering the wind and low expectations, I'm happy.
More to come.
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