Help with a new plane doing loops.
07-02-2003, 05:48 PM
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Help with a new plane doing loops.
Hello,
I have a zen 30 with a .46 fx installed.
The plane flys great but when I do a loop the plane will go straight up and will not complete the loop. It will bail out.
Almost like it don't have enough power to flip the plane over a complete the loop???Any suggections
I have a zen 30 with a .46 fx installed.
The plane flys great but when I do a loop the plane will go straight up and will not complete the loop. It will bail out.
Almost like it don't have enough power to flip the plane over a complete the loop???Any suggections
07-02-2003, 06:25 PM
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I believe everything is good the wing is on straight...
The recomended elevator throw was 10 mm. I think I have 7-8 MM. Would the plane being tail heavy cause this???
The recomended elevator throw was 10 mm. I think I have 7-8 MM. Would the plane being tail heavy cause this???
07-02-2003, 10:48 PM
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I have .46 on this thing and wow!!the power is there.. It is nice and quiet because i don't have to take the baffle for more power.
It is a very smooth flying plane. It is an ARF and with the big fx on the front there is some tail weight. When I bought the plane it had about 1 1/4 oz of weight in the tail because the previous owner had a .46 on it. When I install the fx, I had to add about 3/4 oz more to the tail. I did have a hard time balencing it. The CG was at 4.33in. If the nose is much heavier, should increase the elevator throw more than the recommended??
Any suggestions?????
Thanks!!!
It is a very smooth flying plane. It is an ARF and with the big fx on the front there is some tail weight. When I bought the plane it had about 1 1/4 oz of weight in the tail because the previous owner had a .46 on it. When I install the fx, I had to add about 3/4 oz more to the tail. I did have a hard time balencing it. The CG was at 4.33in. If the nose is much heavier, should increase the elevator throw more than the recommended??
Any suggestions?????
Thanks!!!
07-02-2003, 11:18 PM
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Help with a new plane doing loops.
It sounds like you are experiencing a snap.
The most likely causes are - too much elevator movement or the two halves of the elevator aren't acting exactly together.
With a small aircraft like the Zen 30 it's amazing how small the elevator movement has to be to be adequate.
Watch for a similar snap if you make landing approaches too slow as well.
-David C.
The most likely causes are - too much elevator movement or the two halves of the elevator aren't acting exactly together.
With a small aircraft like the Zen 30 it's amazing how small the elevator movement has to be to be adequate.
Watch for a similar snap if you make landing approaches too slow as well.
-David C.
