Hello All,
I haven't posted in this forum for a while and thought I would include a short video from last weekend. My wife took this video from her camera so the quality isn't great, but it is interesting. My main problem with this plane has been vibration of the Saito 180. I finally fixed the muffler issue, but during this flight, I heard a low frequency tone and brought the plane around for a landing. I found I couldn't idle down and had to land the plane fast. All went OK, but when I pulled the cowl, I found one mounting bolt gone, one blind nut stripped and one broken. I was flying with a very loose engine indeed! Anyway, I reworked the mount by tapping a couple aluminum bars, bringing the bolts up through engine with two blind nuts on each bolt. These will not vibrate out. This is the plane that I modified with the landing gear in scale location, linked the flaps to one servo, and I have very happy with it. I have never had one nose over and landing are straight forward. I did move the CG to the foward mark and reduced elevator to 30% throw and 30% expo and this works well for me. The plane is very good flier. Takeoffs require a slow throttle advancement with right rudder, but other than that, it is pretty straight forward. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjL-Phr2i6E