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Old 04-12-2011 | 05:18 PM
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Default RE: Is My Trainer Plane Too fast?


ORIGINAL: opjose

My students learn to fly the plane at the throttle setting which keeps it flying level with few inputs after it's been trimmed.

That's about 50% throttle or there-abouts.

At full throttle most trainers want to climb... so full throttle is not advisable.

Same here. I take the plane up and set it at a speed and trim so it will fly hands off straight and level, usually about half throttle. I keep my TX and the buddy box set the same and let the student start flying. It just makes no sense at all flying a trainer fast. I just installed an OS .91FS in a 60 size trainer. I was able to fly the basic pattern with the plane but when a friend and I set up the buddy box and got the plane in hands off trim it was set at half throttle. It's set up as a fun plane for me to fly and the student.