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Old 12-17-2008 | 02:25 PM
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Default RE: Exceed F35 Surface throws.

Re: Throws

No problem.

Make sure that the elevator surfaces are level at mid throttle.

Take off with low rates set and be prepared to counteract and trim out a roll that the plane will have.

The engine produces a good bit of torque which will cause the plane to roll on you more than you might expect.

I ended up putting in about five clicks of right trim.

Take off at about 80%-85% throttle, not full throttle, if you have the runway space available.

Keep the plane climbing and at this throttle setting and trim out your roll and elevator inputs for level flight.

Once you get it trimmed out and high back off the throttle a bit and flip to high rates to see how it feels.

You may want to land with high rates set to give you plenty of up elevator authority, though be careful here.

If you look at the video on the NP site, that was EXACTLY how my first landings were...

I came in relatively hot, bounced it back into the air, twice, then stalled it just like in the video.

The plane can land at a deceptively slow rate, but it will not maintain altitude when slow, rather it will tend to glide in faster than you may think, which gives it too much speed for the flare and landing.