RE: Hangar-9 Sopwith Camel Build Thread
The wind finally quit howling, here, so I got to fly Snoopy again today.
The combination of a lifting stab and the recommended 4" CG works great. The stab keeps the tail up where it belongs, from low to high throttle, and the aft CG cures all the ground handling problems. No nose overs. No wandering about on rollout.
On takeoff, I'm finding it best to throttle up to 1/3 right away, so the tail comes up quickly and yaw and pitch control is established right away. Gonna try that with my Triplane.
It is a WWI rudder turner, too. Rudder into the turn, apply back stick, then opposite aileron to keep it from overbanking. Roll out with aileron.
Haven't tried to roll it, yet, but it sure does pretty great big loops from level flight, and after a 5 minute session today the packs only took about 1500 mAh. (6000 6S)
This one's a keeper.
RIP Minnflyer. You put me onto this bird.