Originally posted by wildnloose
Crashem,
Is it bad advice even if you reduce the normal rates by 40%???
That is what I did at first and it turned my plane into a *****cat. Then I slowly increased the throws as I became more comfortable with it (sorta like a poor mans expo).
Yes Wildnloose I do think its bad advice. As Minnflyer pointed out you could create a situation where you don't have positive control over the model and it crashes.
I personnally have found the recommended throw rates on the models I have, allways needed to be increased not decreased.
Bottom Line IMHO opinion if you can't handle the model setup with its recommended throws and balance point then that should tell you something about your ability to safely fly it.... I'm sure others may disagree but thats just been my experience I've heard many people give this type of advice to newcommers and I think its misleading. Another piece of advice that I've heard time and time agian inaddition to reducing throws is purposly make the model nose heavy to reduce "snappyness". All these short cuts seam to do is make the learning experience less enjoyable...
Some people can handle a "3rd or 4th" plane as their 2nd most can't.