ORIGINAL: darylk79
Just a note: A 46fx motor with a 3 blade 10x7 master airscrew is plenty power for this plane.I suggest you add half the weight needed to the nose when balancing because the manual cg is off.85mm from the leading edge is to much and makes the plane very nose heavy.I will rebuild one last time and report my finds in about a week or two.
"Good Luck and God Speed"............And try not to die!
yes it is true ! the 85mm cg that is recomended in the manual is way off . I had to drill new holes on the engine mount to mount the engine as close to the firewall as possible . I also moved the battery and every things that can be move to the rear . Still it is nose heavy .
believe it or not , on my maiden flight 5 months agoIhad to pull all the way up elevatorto take it off the runway and fly it with all the way up elevator to turn around to land immediately . Lucky for me , I didn't crash it that time .
After I had done all of the above , the cg is still at 115mm from the leading edge and no way can it be 85mm as said in the manual . I had to add 8 clicks up elevator to have it fly level , and that up elevator causes the plane very unstable in flight and finally , I crashed it today , total loss !
I bought it in february this year , and after 5 months of trying to balance it to makeitfly stable , all effort failed . It is a waste of time and money .
Minh .