ORIGINAL: rondo35
Thanks everybody!! Maiden flight today with sucess, Very fast and tons of power with the GMS 61. Pretty good adrenaline rush too!! Some small issues: It felt like I had two much control throws and CG to far foward but not sure, just got get those dialed in and I think im there. Any help would be great. Thanks, Scott R
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A somewhat forward CG with lots of control throw was the style way back when. We used to max out the controls and run the balance point back far enough to just snap roll and spin. As the years progressed, the balance point moved rearward and the control throws were reduced somewhat.
In those times, we did not fly with the balance point so far rearward. Why? Because you never knew exactly where your servos were going to find neutral. The forward balance point desensitized the model to minor errors around neutral.
Ed Cregger
Corrected spelling