RE: Whizzard
Thanks for the compliments on the wing, guys! I was quite satisfied with it, although I bet it took me 20 times longer to build one up then it would take to just build the foam wing! I'm still working on an Ace T-6 Texan, and for this plane I think I might just build it with the stock foam wing.
I have a question for you folks with a throttled engine on your Whizzard. Is the plane designed to climb at full throttle without any other inputs from the pilot- so that if you max the throttle it climbs, and you don't also need to add up elevator? I am curious because, with my BW engine, there's no throttle, so I launch the plane and then it screams along until it runs outta juice. While the motor is running, it's fighting to climb the whole time, and I've maxed the down trim to compensate. When it runs outta fuel and the motor stops however, it glides wonderfully (still with the same amount of down trim)..
I'm not sure if I still need to balance this plane more towards the front (it's possibly still a little tail heavy?) or if this is normal for planes with wide-open throttle all the time? Also, I haven't used a balancing machine to check the CG, only the finger test on the wingtips..
What do you guys think? With a throttled engine would this plane be a lot more balanced? Or do I just need to do more adjustments?
Jason