ORIGINAL: 2Sunny
Yesterday flew in horrible winds and today I got my pay back as the weather was perfect and the wind just barely a gentle breeze. Used every pack I had and wished I had more
. I'm beginning to think the battery tray extension that I had Chris build was unnecessary. I really am curious to see if Larry has taken a CG reading on his 'cuz I'd love to know how it works out with a heavier motor in terms of battery weight and position. Added a couple more degrees of down elevator to the Throttle-Elevator mix on idle throttle. Seems to be just perfect now in the downlines, although I'm beginning to become increasingly curious about experimenting with braking on a calm day just to see if I can tell the difference. Clearly my plane picks up speed in the downline, but so does most every other plane I have seen. I realize braking is more like Ph. D. work rather than the basic practice I should be focusing on, but just curious as always.
Anyways, just thought I'd share some pics and thoughts from the day for my fellow E-Motion-nal types
Joe
That's a bunch of batteries. How much tied up in those?
BTW, FWIW2U, I had a 12 X problem with TX shutting off at high and low low rate elevator. It would only turn on and stay on on mid rate elevator. Weird. It was fixed but it was the strangest thing that has happened to my JR equipment in 30 years of flying JR.
Before folks start to chime in about switching, forget about it!! I flew the other brand for 20 flights, destroying one of the best pattern planes I ever built, in the process. I won't switch if they gave me their stuff free. That was 31 years ago and still think about it