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Old 08-24-2017 | 02:10 PM
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YellowBlueBird
 
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The airplane is a low wing stick 30 with a DLE 35 RA with 19 inch prop. The prop is supposed to be factory balanced it is an xoar. The model fly's great and has tendency to be a floater when landing It all ways takes about all our 700 ft runway to get it on the ground. This is my first gas model so I did not know what to expect. It is not as agile as a Tarus but then it is not a trainer by any means. It does nice slow rolls when using low rate, with only ten flights and a problem with vibration I have not yet tried high rates. The wing area is 1470 sq inches.

I purchased two props at the same time. Last night I pulled out my prop balance and checked the second factory balanced prop. It will sit horizontal all day but if it is moved off the horizontal it will start to oscillate and settles at about 70 degrees off of horizontal. So much for factory balancing. The other one will be pulled of the plane and checked tonight.

Rafael, I am not insulted. This airplane is a different kind of bird. It is not a typical stick. It has an interesting cord to wing span ratio. The wings are very thick and really slow the plane down. Compared to some of my other models it feels like driving an old truck. It does what you tell it to do but it is not in a hurry. High rates may change that.

The rudder servo is just forward of the trailing edge of the wing, elevator servos are in the tail. If anyone else is building this plane it might be a good idea to put the elevator servos near the rudder servo.

Tom, gluing the weight in place sounds like the thing to do.

Thanks for all of the comments.

Jerry