ORIGINAL: Jim T
ORIGINAL: chashint
Looks like a nice clean build so far MasterAlex.
Its always easier to sand if the glue is under the sheeting instead of being on top of it.
There have always been reports that the Hog Bipe tended to nose over, but I have not had any issues with that and I fly at a grass field.
The rudder and elevator are very powerful as designed, it is easy to give it to much rudder and climb right out of a knife-edge. Not sure what kind of flying would need a larger rudder or elevator.
Just curious is you get any roll or pitch coupling in knife edge?
Jim
Oh heck yeah LOL there is quite a bit of coupling on the knife edge.
One of my club buddies wanted me to demo it for him today so I was showing him how axial the rolls are and how it stalls and I tried some knife edge flying too.
I only did it using right rudder today, it will hold the knife edge easily but I couldn't really hold it on a straight line, it moved towards the bottom of the plane. I am not the greatest RC pilot and I am sure one of the better fliers could make it look real sweet. At about 1/2 throttle it will still turn right out of the knife edge if I give it full rudder. Maybe I need to reduce the throw on the rudder, right now it is set so it has maximum deflection but it does not touch the elevator. The ailerons and elevator are set per the recommended high rate settings.