I had recently bought my first 3d "giant" airplane, a Goldberg Extra 330. I will soon be maidening it, so I was wondering it there is a lot of torque after takeoff with these planes? I have a Saito 180, in it, with a two bladed prop. I'm a little worried about it since I recently had a small "mishap" on a corsair with a 3 bade prop on a saito 100([:@]!). It had so much torque after takeoff, that it just yawed into the ground. Should I prepare for the same amount with this size of a plane? Any other flying tips would be great as well. Thanks!

Torque creates roll, not yaw.

Gyroscopic precession can create yaw, but only with very sudden pitch changes.

I've never had any problems with planes (large or small) being adversely affected by engine torque.

hey Krist,

Yes, it will and may torque because you have such a powerfull engine on a plane. Here's a tip that I do. NEVER yank on the throttle when you take off that will really torque you and you will stall and crash. You should slowely increase throttle while your plane builds speed input a little right rudder to keep the plane from torqing to the left and once your up go dont quckly turn you should increase power slowely and gain altitude once your up and high then start turning.

Like NJAIRSTRIKE said, slowly feed in throttle and rudder at the same time. As the speed builds up, the rudder gains authority and you can ease off the rudder input and continue the takeoff run.

Also, warbirds can sometimes be difficult to takeoff. The Extra 300 is a pretty stable design, so the yaw on takeoff shouldn't be an issue.

It's good to hear that it should be a bit more stable than my corsair, bacuase I sometimes had real problems flying it.