ORIGINAL: BrokenMachines
Thanks for the help guys. I think I'll try it tomorrow.
Has anyone else been seeing the package deals at Target where you get a AH RC Plane (Various Sorts) and a free E-Charger plane as well? Only $29.99.
I got a red AA Channel B. Tried to fly it today, but there are some serious winds. Many long walks to go fetch the plane. I had to ask the park grounds keeper for a ladder to get my girlfriend's channel C from the roof of the park gym. I tried taping a penny to the bottom of the nose to fight the wind, but it didn't help that much. Maybe better luck tomorrow.
I'm still hesitant to bend the tail rod. if I bend the tail rod, is it still necessary to add weight to the nose? After I remove the bottom wings, hopefully bending the tail rod will be all I have to do. I'm not very comfortable with splitting my plane open and moving the lipo forward. Really, I'm trying to improve agility without increasing speed.
Also, which is a better approach in bending the tail; just plain heating it up and bending it down 1/4 inch or bending it into a "Z" shape like I saw someone else here do? Any help is appreciated.
Moving the internal weight backwards is the best solution, but nopt very easy to do. It may not be necessary to bend the tail boom, just bend down a portion of the horizontal stabalizer. You will have to cut on the indented lines so that that they will flex easily. Keep in mind that foam will not "remember" the bend and will revert back to near orginal shape in a short time. Sooo--- what I do is cut a small piece of soda can and use as a hinge because it "remembers the bend" and is adjustable. If that is not enough adjustment to fix the nose up condition just add more area to the stab. trim tabs.
Adding weight will fix the stalling condition at the expense of the plane flying faster to gain more lift to make up for the added weight. My way fixes the stall condition by aerodynamics at the expense of using some of the excess thrust that is available.
Porpoising is the same stall problem but not as severe and will be fixed by the above trim tab adjustment.
Don't forget that reangling the motors can over come a slight forward direction problem if rudder trim tab adjustments don't work enough.
To one of the other posts, WD40 is a very bad idea for motors. It works at first but then because it is basically a solvent, turns any oils into gummmy mess later on. Better is penatrating oil or other very light oil such as 3 in one.