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Old 01-07-2009 | 05:27 AM
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Paulparkflyer
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Default E-flight apprentice

Hi guys,
I am just wondering if any of you being either learners like me or experienced have flown the E-flight apprentice trainer,
I touched on this in another thread but,

Although the apprentice is very forgiving and quite easy to fly once in the air I have been really struggling with it on the ground both during take off and landing but mostly takeoff,
Its what prompted my question in another thread about trike verses tail dragger gear,

I find the apprentice is extremely hard to keep in a straight line during take off until it is basically flying,
I have fiddled and adjusted the nose wheel in relation to the rudder which are on the same servo,
I have increased the size of the wheels and that has helped,
The original wheels are way too small for average grass fields for a learner,
I also feel the landing gear is too springy and the plane bounces like crazy over small tuffs of grass,

Would love to hear others experiences and opinions about the apprentice as a trainer for a totally inexperienced learner like me (that could be the problem of course )

Cheers,Paul