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Old 12-13-2008 | 10:51 AM
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Default RE: Asking for trouble (Flying solo)

Stixoz Your situation is a little unique from what most of us in the US are used to and yours is the only occassion I would go ahead and say go for it.

First is confirm that the sim you have been using and the electrics you have been flying are all on the same stick mode. In the case of the airplanes without aileron and the boomer the primary directional control (ailerons on the boomer and rudder on the three channel electrics) is on the same stick on the transmitter.

If the stick modes were different than the electrics and the sim on the boomer then that practice is wasted and puts the boomer flights in jepardy.

Second confirm that the throws are as suggested in the assembly manual and all first flights will be only on low rates. Even more important is to confirm that the center of gravity is dead center of the recomended range with the airplane sitting level on the balancer or on your fingertips not a little nose low for mother and country. If you do not have the CG info then ballance the airplane at one quarter of the way back from the leading edge. That is one quarter of the distance from the leading edge to the trailing edge. Do not balance it any further aft of this point period no matter what anyone or instructions say. This is imperitive for success in your situation.


The Boomerang is pretty much a genaric trainer and should work pretty well for this endeavor. The suggestion to taxi without the wing is a good one but realize this practice only will go so far and depending on surfaces keeping straight may be near impossible at low speeds.

Now be aware there is another option avaliable to you, the Boomer since it has plenty of dihedral (unless you reduced it) you could fly it on rudder, elevator and throttle just like you flew the electrics and it would fly fine. Under the circumstances when every thing is being thrown at you at once this may be a better option. To do this you would merely lock off the airlerons in neutral and plug the rudder channel in to whatever rx port was your primary directional (aileron) control and this would depend on what stick mode you are using.

Anyway those are my thoughts of the prep and before flight actions you could take. If there is any interest could offer opinions on the actual flight itself but thats to much typing if there is none.

John