RE: First Plane - Almost ready to go - Give pointers?
OK! Wow - I didn't expect that much of a response so fast. UPDATE... I got the muffler extension I needed today and the rest of the stuff I needed - except for fuel - so I put some of my 30% Heli Nitro in it - One correction I need to make - It's not a 50FX - it's a 46FX - OOPS - I must of had my 50 Hyper on the mind. So I wanted to mess with it now that I had it actually running - so I put it on the street and did some zooming back and forth, ended up putting it into the wind - Did a nice hop - it rolled to a stop off of the road in the grass - didn't mess anything up - I tried again after restarting it - this time It really caught some air - oooops damn those pedestrians - It was either ditch it on the left, or hit the people that just came around the corner on the next block - I ditched it! I steered left hard on the aelerons, then I realized I was going to hit the back yard of that house back there - so I pulled up - it stalled, did a nose dive right into the dirt - broke my prop, and made some pretty bad looking damages on my leading edge where the wing meets the fuse. Some spare balsa, CA, sanding, and ultra cote worked well - Had her fixed in 1 hour! Either way - I learned one important thing - these things need a lot more room than you think - I need a field - not a strip surrounded by people and houses. Live and learn - I need a prop to have her fixed - Just waiting till thursday when I can get a new prop and some 15% Nitro instead of 30 - I don't wanna blow it. I think I'll Take off at my normal field on the road beside it, and land in the grass - I dunno - Either way - Just knowing that it will fly makes me feel good - It went a good 20 feet in the air when I pulled up - It really surprised me how much the plane lifted off after it got off the ground - seems like once your leave the ground it climbs really quick.