We had an almost wind-free day here in south Texas yesterday, and I took my new Saratoga out for her maiden flight. I got to the field which is about 20 miles away, only to discover that I had left the canopy at home. I bolted the wing down without the canopy and flew it anyway? After starting it up (Saito 82), and letting it warm up for a bit, we sat it on the ground, (grass), and it wants to nose over as soon as you start giving it some throttle! Grass is short, but it seems the landing gear is maybe too close to the CG on this plane. Well, we started it again, and gave it a little push and this time, I kept it rolling, by giving it a little more throttle.
I got it up in the air and all it wanted to nose dive. To get it to fly almost level, the elevator trim on my DX6i is all the way back. I have a call in to Horizon to see what they can suggest. After landing the plane, you can see the elevator leading edge is a quarter of an inch lower that the stationary part of the horizontal stabliizer. Does anyone else have one of these, that can tell me if this is normal?