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Old 03-19-2006 | 07:53 PM
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Default RE: C-arf Lightning pitch sensitivity


ORIGINAL: Ali

No problem feel free to jump in with both feet Correct. In other words the elevator felt detached. Much like it was tail heavy. This was my original reaction and the rep told me that he had moved the Cg forward to the instructions suggestions and increased expo. I would Be guessing to say around 40-60% As it was not my model I can not be 100% sure. But still it did not feel right. Remember this is not me saying the model has a fault, just a handling peculiarity
Regards Al
Al, something had to be amiss with the setup. While my elevator was certainly sensitive (as were the ailerons) at the suggested throws in the manual, I dialed down the throw a bit and mine flies fine. It is solid in the turns, stable in level flight and shows no tendency to roll in verticals. The CG instructions were unclear and were republished just a short time ago. If I hadn't gone looking, my CG probably would have been wrong if set off V1 of the manual. If you think it was tail heavy, my guess is it was.

If your friend posts here maybe he can provide some specifics and we can see if we can deduce the problem.