hey mooseflyer that's a cool idea.Well i got too maiden mine!!,Well the Clubs CFI did.We didn't have a trainer cord at the time,But he looked over the Plane and checked it all out.Balance was good,i had 3/4oz too the tail too compensate for the 5C 2700Mah RX battery and the 1oz Spinner Nut.He got it Airborne and and it flew amazing ,no trim was needed.He was quite impressed on the flying characteristics of the Cherokee.
Im new too the Club and glow planes for that matter,My flying experience is with park fliers,with about 5-6 years under my belt.and only last fall did i decide too get into Glow,so after the initial test flight he landed,Re-fueled and and did some engine tuning(new engine) so we leaned it in 1/2 turn and got airborne and and let me do some Circuit's.LOL what a difference going from Electric too GLOW POWER
Well after me flying for about 5 mins he took back controls and set up for approach came in with 1st notch of flaps,(i have it set-up with 2 notch's, 1st is about 13 degrees and second/Full flaps is around 20 Degress,so he came in just a touch slow and a bit of a bumpy landing.The only damage was the darn front wheel pant Spike came up and poked 2 holes in the bottom of the fuselage.I new i should of taken them off.I read of so many people having that happen.He said it shouldn't of happened and i know he felt bad for it happening but that it,it's was no biggy,I was too excited that i finally got her in the air.I was thinking of maybe mixing some down elevator with the flaps,not much maybe 2-3 degrees too keep her on a nose down attitude when coming in for landing have you experimented with that?
Well heres some pics
Runway "Grass 30'x300'
1st take off ;0)
Me Re-fueling
Damage from the Wheel Pant,Which are no longer on the Plane,I was thinking of cutting the Spike off and applying some Mono-coat over the Hole.
