Originally Posted by
loves nitro
First off I consider my self in between a beginner, and intermediate flyer I started flying by myself in June 2013, I fly a Super Cub, Sig Kadet, and Parkzone Trojan. I log all my flights and have had only one mild crash with the Trojan, in all I have 92 flights. I don't try to do stunts, I just fly scale, last week I bought a Parkzone Focke-Wulf 190, I figured whats the fuss, it's just an airplane like my others I can take-off, fly, and land it. Yesterday in the early morning I flew it for the first and last time, I took off alright, but once in the air the plane was climbing, and rolling right BIG TIME. I tried to trim it out, and even got it flying level, but everything was happening so fast, trying to keep her in the air, and going straight, it was like my mind shorted out from everything that was happening all at once, then I lost perspective of the plane and she crashed, I don't think I actually lost perspective so much as I just could'nt comprehend everything bad that was happening so fast. Now when I think about it , it all seems like a foggy dream, I flew my Sig today with the guy who taught me how to fly, and he told me that the Focke-Wulf is a "tricky" plane to fly, and in his opinion a bad choice for some-one at my skill level. He knows I like bi-planes and recommended to me that maybe the Parkzone Albatros would be a good plane to step up from my trainers, so on the way home from the flying field we stopped at the local hobby shop and I ordered a PK Albatros but this time Im gonna let my instructor fly her and trim her out for me before I fly her, Tim my instuctor also wants to buddy box me on it for the first couple of flights. Maybe if I had thought about letting Tim fly, and trim out the Focke-Wulf first, and then buddy box me I would'nt have crasher her. But from you more experiance flyers I would appriciate your opinion on my new Albtros purchase, and the flight charectoristics of that plane, and any advice or comments you could give a flyer at my skill level.
Thanks,
paul
Hi Paul,
As others have said, thanks for sharing that experience. I think most of us can relate to it at one time.
I don't have the Albatross but a friend does and I have flown his many times. It is a very nice model but it has a large amount of adverse yaw when using ailerons. It causes very unbalanced flying during turns.
In a real aircraft like this the pilot would correct adverse yaw by applying rudder in the same direction as the aileron input.
I strongly recommend setting up an aileron / rudder mix for the Albatross. We did this on my friends and the improvement is significant. it flies much more scale and has better roll response.
If your radio allows, put this mix on a switch so you can turn it on and off at will, and compare the difference..
Good luck with your new plane and sorry about the Focke-Wulf.