Well, I finally maidened the do today after more than a year of having all of the parts for it. I would like to say it was flawless but it wasn't quite. The do came home in one piece after two separate attempts today to get her flying well and 3 total flights. The first time it was a bit too windy and I believe the plane was a bit tail heavy as well even though it was set at about 5.75". I had a scary few laps and was almost out of control a few times before getting her on the ground again. The second time the wind was clam and the cg set forward quite a bit but we were having radio hit issues at the field! My buddies Mayhem was also getting hit on a different channel than me so I don't believe that my plane has a problem. Our field is in an industrial area and there is no telling what type of interference is present. A few people have had problems in the past but never like this. So, in retrospect I think the first flights in the wind were seeming worse than they really were since the plane was glitching then as well I just wasn't able to tell at the time. OK, now for the questions:
I have a JR receiver, hitec analog servos, and a 5 cell, 2000mah hydrimax flight battery. With the plane turned on the servos seem to jitter just a bit. Almost hunt for center it seems? I have heard that it is possible for the 6v battery to do that? Anyone have any ideas? Maybe a small regulator?
I am running an Expert brand servo reversing Y for the elevator servos. It seems to need to be adjusted to equalize the elevator halves without an reason? It isn't much..but enough to make the plane spin a bit as it climbs vertical. Any ideas on this one?
The last question I have is I was wondering if anyone has ever had radio interference problems while accelerating with their 4 stroke, or more specifically their Saito. The plane was having other radio hit type problems but it seemed to almost make the tail servos glitch when throttling up to make another landing attempt. I have no metal to metal parts as far as I know except the gears in the rudder servo and the parts in the Saito.
I'm going to give it another shot tomorrow after flying one of my other planes that I know works just fine at the field to see if the radio problems are at the site or with the two planes we had there today. Here are a couple of pics in the mean time. Thanks for the help!