Radio programming for ultimate
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I have 4 flights on my e flite ultimate and to sum it up in one word AWSOME. I bought the plane to start exploring 3d so far I have tried harriers which are pretty stable except for a little wing rock. Inverted flight is ok. Knife edge flight ducks towards the belly pan.
My question is what mixing is everyone usuing to get the full potential of this plane. I know I have to mix out the coupling for knife edge but I have heard flaperons, spoilerons and such.
Also which prop is everyone running. I am usuing the 12 x 6 prop that came with the plane and it rolls the entire plane when I have to use close to full power to get myself out of trouble. Flying in the front yard brings a few added challenges. Any info will be greatly appreciated.
My question is what mixing is everyone usuing to get the full potential of this plane. I know I have to mix out the coupling for knife edge but I have heard flaperons, spoilerons and such.
Also which prop is everyone running. I am usuing the 12 x 6 prop that came with the plane and it rolls the entire plane when I have to use close to full power to get myself out of trouble. Flying in the front yard brings a few added challenges. Any info will be greatly appreciated.
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I'll start by saying I'm not as impressed with this one as you are. Its a nice airplane, but there are certainly better foamie bipes out there.
no big secrets, you just asked a very nebulous question. Everyone trims and mixes a little different to get the feel they like. some people like to fly without mixes, its all a matter of taste.
Rudder - elevator to mix out the knife edge coupling. I still havent been able to get mine to knife edge cleanly yet or I'd post my ratio... I'm thinking the best is to mix it out of a mid range speed and hand fly it for slow or fast flight as the amount of mixing appears to be different depending on the speed. I have played endlessly with the CG and I've got it close, but too much rudder and bam its hovering. Too much elevator, and bam its hovering.... but it torque rolls nicely
Spoilerons and flaperons do some pretty cool things with this one. I reccomend playing with them, but make sure you put the spoilerons on a spring loaded switch, it gets real sqirrelly.
12x6 that came with it is a good brushless prop for 3 cells - like it mostly because its a really tough prop to break, its nowhere near as brittle as the APC or GWS. I'm running it on a razor 400 and a GWS 6.6:1 gear. You could try a smaller diameter prop, but I dont think it would help much. You might try soft start on your ESC and a throttle curve if your tx is capable, other than that, you pretty much have to live with it as the price of being overpowered.
no big secrets, you just asked a very nebulous question. Everyone trims and mixes a little different to get the feel they like. some people like to fly without mixes, its all a matter of taste.
Rudder - elevator to mix out the knife edge coupling. I still havent been able to get mine to knife edge cleanly yet or I'd post my ratio... I'm thinking the best is to mix it out of a mid range speed and hand fly it for slow or fast flight as the amount of mixing appears to be different depending on the speed. I have played endlessly with the CG and I've got it close, but too much rudder and bam its hovering. Too much elevator, and bam its hovering.... but it torque rolls nicely
Spoilerons and flaperons do some pretty cool things with this one. I reccomend playing with them, but make sure you put the spoilerons on a spring loaded switch, it gets real sqirrelly.12x6 that came with it is a good brushless prop for 3 cells - like it mostly because its a really tough prop to break, its nowhere near as brittle as the APC or GWS. I'm running it on a razor 400 and a GWS 6.6:1 gear. You could try a smaller diameter prop, but I dont think it would help much. You might try soft start on your ESC and a throttle curve if your tx is capable, other than that, you pretty much have to live with it as the price of being overpowered.
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Thanks for the reply desertrat. The reason I bought this certain planes is I spent about a weeks worth of phone calls trying to find someone that had everything in stock and it turns out that a hobby store about 75 miles from here could fill the bill. This is my first foamie and it has been a blast so far. It's nice to step out the front door give it a gentle toss and fly, I think the neighborhood cats are plotting aginst it though, it is helping me explore the 3d realm without the risk of trashing a high dollar plane. I am sure there are better out on the market but this will be a good stepping stone.




