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Old 05-11-2012 | 05:40 PM
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Default RE: Twisted tail on foam corvalis

This turned out to be not so nice flying plane. It's probably not because of the twist necessarily. Here's how it trims out for staying level , but it continuously wants to roll to either/both sides. All The control surfaces aren't very strong and bend and warp easily. I seem to have a hard time with it because it is constant work (correcting) to make it fly. Flying inverted is pretty hard because it still wants to roll , but the worst thing I don't like is that when doing a roll the nose drops a bunch until inverted. Maybe a character of this rounded short fuse?

Yes, I'm complaining. [:'(] I will continue to fly it though and perhaps I will grow to like it soon. []

This is one that I'd take to the field and have someone else take it up and look it over. The flaps seem pretty level , but the ailerons are off quite a lot. Worst plane I have I think. Maybe I will check the lateral balance because I've never balanced any of mine before.
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