Apologies for reviving such an old thread, but I just got this plane and would like some help. opjose please reply

I just test flew this plane and it did get off the ground without too much effort. I have a 46size electric motor mounted on the back with a 13x6.5 prop on a 5S pack. I have the motor pointing up a bit so I'm assuming after reading this thread that this helps it get off the ground. I took off knowing the plane was a bit nose heavy.

When in straight line flight, I noticed the elevator had enough throw to get the nose pointing up/down, BUT it only comes back up after having to pull back on the elevator about 3/4 down. It will keep pointing down with no movement until I reach that 3/4 point. I know the nose is heavy but I never experienced this before. It's almost like the nose does not want to come back up, but when it eventually does, it comes up quick!

My question here is, should I lift my ailerons up a few degrees to fix this? I will ensure its balaned properly on the next flight, but does this model require this "up" aileron to help up elevator controls? Does this plane experience difficulty in raising it's nose when pointed down?

Or do u suspect I'm seriously just nose heavy?


Please help me find/confirm my fix.

Also, should I add this up degrees on my ailerons to fix this problem, Will this "spolieron" I'm reading about not affect my takeoff. Ie. Will I not go vertical now on takeoff?

Im also glad I read this forum. I set my flaps to go down on landings.. This would not work on this plane? Correct? I should make them go up 1/4 inch to get the nose up on landings?

For the record, first landing bent my 4mm retract legs badly. The landing was hard. I put in some some spring dampened oleos now, but there's still alot of work to be done to fix them nicely. I still find it amazing how much thinking and work can go into getting the landing gears to function correctly... It's been two weeks now and still working on every kink in my retract system..

Thanks for any replys...