G'day

I trim my models to fly level at about half throttle. Then if I want to climb, I increase the power and if I want to come down, I reduce the power.

This also has the advantage than when you are landing, reducing the power does not make the plane suddenly nose dive and makes landing easier.

It also saved a friend's Kadet Senior recently when, with the throttle at about half, he took off and then found he had no control thanks to a battery problem. The Kadet climbed gently then went into a gentle left turn (like a big free flight model). As the uncontrolled flight continued the circles tightened slightly and she started to gently loose height eventually landing in an adjacent field on its wheels with only one puncture in the covering. The prop struck the ploughed ground and the engine stopped with the planes sitting neatly on its wheels. He is one lucky lad.

Cheers

Mike in Oz