Did the maiden today...

I'm at least slightly disappointed. But first the good news.

I took off in good conditions and did absolutely no trimming. I couldn't believe it. I flew hands off trying to see what trims it needed and nothing. Flew very nice. I kept it on low rates and did some very tight loops and some inverted fly bys. (up high of course) And attempted a hover or too. There's the disappointment. This bird wants to hover but I just can't quite hold it. Not enough power. Maybe I have the wrong prop or maybe need a little more break in. Anyways, I'm gonna work on that a bit. Also, the plane just didn't seem to "go" when you hit the throttle. It gets louder and starts moving, but not that "lunge" type instant throttle response I'm used to with the mighty 110.

Anyways, I flew about 5-6 minutes and saw something odd. So I landed. What I found was a droopy left flat. The servo gear broke right below the servo arm. Just broke clean off. Dang Hitec servos (HS5475 with karbonite gears) They are failing all the time. Counting this failure my total is up to one. Any ways, that cut my day short.

My local hobby shop had that servo. I replaced it already and will try again tomorrow. I hope this is just a fluke and these servos aren't gonna be cumbersome. This is the first plane I've used the 5475s. I only have them on the wing.

Anyways, I'll try again tomorrow.

Thanks.

Barry