RE: Predator 500 Problems
OK... I finally got all the bits and pieces back in place. The damge to the tale was, as useal, more than I thought at first. I left the CG at 2.5 inches from the leading edge. Maxed out the Aileron throws and cut the elevator a bit. I checked for binding of the control throws and then I was off to the cklub.
With the increased throws this time I could at least control it. I had to add a lot of down at half throttle and at full throttle it really wants to climb. But at least I got it down wiht no damage. I wanted to try another flight too get a better idea of what was going wrong. I powered up the xmiter and rx and check the tail. I had over 1/16 of an inche of down dialed in.
When I landed, with the engine at idle, the plane came in fairly flat with the trims as I mentioned . So I'm thinkin' tail incedence. I hate the thought of taking out the tail. Can I shim the wing to verify that the tail is out of whack?