I have a used Hobby Zone Firebird, I took it to a field at my school and TRYED to fly it. My friend would hand launch it, the plane would start to clime but would then dive to the ground and level out until it finally hit the ground. This is all at full throttle. Can anyone give me some pointers on making it fly or is the plane just to used up?

Hobbyman

There is really no way for anyone to know if it is (used up) maybe you could give a little info about what you were doing with the sticks on your radio,I understand that you said full throttle, but , let me ask a few questions,,, did you launch it into the the wind? did you allow the bird to climb slowly or did you try to climb fast ,possibly to a stall?

the motors in those types of planes are not real strong, too much elevater to quickly is not something that they can do. let me know what happens .

Highlander

I dispise the Firebird. They Have no rudder btw Highlander , have a V-Tail, climb and descent by giving it throttle.

I never had much luck with my Firebird either. I now have a Superstar and have never looked back. I think you will be much more succesful and have a beter time if you start out fresh with a glow powered trainer, I did. Not to put down electrics, great part of the hobby, but the Firebird in particular was a waste of money imho.

With what you are saying i would guess way too much up elevator,if it's still flyable,try to slowly let it climb but make sure you have a charged battery since you might of used some up.
Good luck

As was already mentioned, the Firebird does NOT have an elevator. You climb by adding throttle.

Either your friend tossed it pointing up, rather than straight out, which resulted in the stall, or your rudders on the V-tail are both trimmed "up" a little, which is causing the plane to climb too much.

As was said, the Firebird is very marginal to fly, and if it's out of trim probably won't.
Dennis-

you need to change the wing incidence,pack up the rear of the wing in small increments until it climbs at a shallower angle,what you describe is the plane stalling.