ORIGINAL: daveopam
I love to see mine fly. landing is another story. I fly from a hard surface so flipping over is not a problem. Soft gear wire is the biggest problem. If the wind is straight down the runway it's OK. Cross wind is another story. The rudder is useless at landing speed. So to make the rudder effective you have to come in a little hotter. then the gear flexes back from the faster ground speed. I have learned not to fly in a cross wind. It's a real shame though. This is one of the best looking planes in the air I have seen.
David
I loved to fly mine. I'm having flash backs to last yr when at the field my landing gear / wheels got caught up in the grass and it did a 360% flip. I check it all over and all seemed well and fueled it back up for my next flight... Unknowne to me the battery had come loose and went to the rear of the plane.. Now it was totally tail heavy. Just like the first post mine took of then went straight up. I knew instantly what was wrong. I leveled it a litte, but continued to climb. I got it way up in the air, but everytime I touched the elevator or alerons to make a move it would snap over and dive. Lucky I had a saito 82a in mine which saved me. After about 4 dives which scared the bejesus out of me I figured to just used rudder only to bring it around and used throttle control to bring it in. After about 4 attempts I finally got it low enough where i forced it down. It slamed down from about 2 feet and broke up the wheel pants pretty bad.
For sure the balance for CG has to be a little forward of the recommended spot. and keep the throws down. It doesn't take near as much as you might think. I love mine and will continue to fly it...
If any of you guys want to sell your's, let me know I need a set a wheel pants. and will buy the whole plane for the right price.. Don't need the motor or servos.
Thanks