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Old 06-04-2012 | 05:48 PM
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Default RE: Help building first plane

Flying wings are HARD to fly because you lose orientation quickly. They are easy to bulid, hard to trim and very difficult to see - though they do fly nice. They tend to be very fast for a given engine size - which is just what you don't want to try learning on.

If your radio does not have an ailevator/flying wingtype mix built in you could be up against some VERY difficult initial trim flights trying to get things set up properly. The ailerons have to be mixed to serve both as ailerons and elevator, and rudder if it is a true flying wing with no vertical stab.