Hello

I'm your new friend here. Trying to learn RC Flying (electric).

First of all, RCUniverse.com is a great place for RC flyers, certainly for those who do not have a local RC club. I am able to find very helpful stuff here. Please keep this great website going on, I'm going to need your expert advice.

Okay,

I got this electric airplane Fly Fairy Phantom from a local hobby shop. There were mostly helicopters in that shop. Some trainer airplanes and few jets.

Manufacturer: Chuang Long (Chinese co., no info. on Google)

Wing Span: 800 mm
Length: 750 mm
Wing Area: 88000 mm
Weight: 240 g
Unknown Radio System: MS-TX005B (Written on Tx Circuit Board, couldnt find a record on Google)
Frequency: 40MHz (I admit that I dont know what difference is between 40 and 75, which I read on sites)
Battery: U&T Ni-MH - 28A1000mAh 4.8V

The shopkeeper wanted me to buy a jet. I had read on-line that jets are speedy and hard to control. Since I want to do everything step by step. I bought a trainer plane with more wing area. Although I was amazed to see its tail. It's a simple rod. I have attached the pictures.
It took me 30 minutes to assemble it while the Manual says "Get your airplane ready to fly in 5 minutes".

First Flight
Air was almost still. Battery was charged. Tried my best to throw the plane horizontally but I made a mistake, nose was slightly upwards and I launched with greater force (I had no idea how much force would be required.)
It went up like a rocket and came back like a meteor. I picked up the battery 8 meters away from the airplane and landing gear from 3 meters.

I tried again, little push this time and it went better. I saw that the airplane is rolling to right side. Before I could do anything to stabilize it, it was again on ground. So I came back home.

Second Flight
I noticed that one end of rod (tail) that is attached with fuselage is loose. I tightened that. Next I placed two antibiotic capsules with tape on the upper side of the left wing tip. [8D]

That time, when I launched, the balance was perfect. I could feel the airplane flying straight and climbing. But the problem occured when it was 12-15 feet high from ground and 35 meters away from where I was standing. What happened was that the sound of motors reduced too much and it started to land. Since the balance was fine at that time so it landed peacefully.

It has been a week now since I am trying to know that what actually causes the motors to almost stop when the distance reaches around 33 meters. Could that be the low quality radio system? Because when I go near to it, motors sound perfect and I can feel throttle.

All I have done so far is landing practise for it wont climb more than 15 feet. When it starts climbing, it is out of range.

Kindly requesting your comments and suggestions.

Regards

It does sound like a radio problem, you might get more help over in the electric/parkflyer forums..Rog...maybe your transmitter batteries are low?....

Thanks flyinrog,

the transmitter requires 8 AA 1.5V cells. I have around 30 cells in a jar. I put hand in it and get 8 cells when I need.

How foolish of me to mix up used cells with new ones!

I will test new cells this time and keep them separate.

And can you please tell me that upto how many meters do 2-3 channel radio systems usually work fine? Also, does the receiver play a role in this distance or it's just the transmitter's capability?

Thank you very much!

Better still, get some rechargeable batteries. They last much longer and when they loose power, you just charge them up again

ok well i am not answering the questoin but i believe that is just like the flyzone swift flier.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXEWL3&P=3
i have this plane but crashed it into a tree and never wanted to fix it.
if this plane is the same or similar i had the same prob.
the range is not very good on the radios.

I think you are right. I better use rechargeable batteries. Thanks

Yes it's almost the same. The tail is the only different component in both models. The one that I have does not have a V tail.

I like F-86 Sabre very much. Next model I want to buy is that but I'm afraid it will crash during first landing.
The model that I fly best in flight simulation software is Airbus.