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Old 05-03-2011 | 06:25 AM
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maukaonyx
 
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From: salem, OR
Default RE: BH T-28 Assembly

Just want to report that my LG door attachments (several posts above) work fine! The rear top corner of each door puts a little dimple in the covering, so I could bevel it down a little for more clearance, but maybe I will do that later since it is minor now. The doors stayed secure to the Robart LG covers and just make the plane look so cool on the ground and on take off and landing approaches, haha.

RC Fanatic, re CG, mine is pretty much on the recommended location in the manual. I don't see any lead weights under my stab, I know there aren't any up front, so at most maybe I shifted batteries, but I don't recall doing so, so I am guessing my CG is per manual. I would say you are starting at a great place, just a little nose heavy for safety during early flights. The plane will want to float right on by landing with nose weight, so get those flaps working and play with them up high first. They will slow you right up when deployed. I don't have any elev programmed to counter the flap deployment, as I pop them gradually at low throttle. The WHOLE plane then bobs up when the flaps go down, but it does not pitch when done this way. If you pop them at full throttle get ready for pitch up. Lastly be prepared for a wild climb if you did not put any down thrust on your engine. I glued a home made ply thrust plate on the firewall for about 3 degrees down thrust and it works good. When in the air and I apply full throttle from straight and level slow flight (no flaps), the plane goes straight, not up, not down. Good luck you are gonna just love this plane. The guys at the field love it, the onlookers love it, but you love it most of all for its great looks and flying characteristics...makes a pilot look good, haha. I need all the help I can get. Jon