First Takeoff
 

Well Guys after 1 month and aprox. 6 flights with my Tiger trainer 40,I finally made my first attempt at T/O with my instructor buy my side for support, by the way no buddy box available,I eased her forward and at about half throttle and turning to the left(PANIC) I gave her a little up and she eased smoothly into the sky.Not perfect but what a relief.In my opinion its harder to handle the model on the ground than in the air, any tips on the T/O roll would be welcomed.



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RE: First Takeoff
 

Unless you have an incredible amount of thrust I would suggest to use full power for take off. If the engine fails at some point you wont have enough airspeed or altitude to recover from a stall at low level. Let that puppy give you all the horsepower it was designed for then once at a comfortable altitude throttle back to where it feels good for you and maintains level flight at the same time.

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RE: First Takeoff
 

Easing the throttle forward is correct however you should continue to full throttle for take off.
The engine tork will move the plane to the left so you will need to feed in a little right rudder to compensate. Make sure the plane in in trim in the air (check the rudder coming and going) which may be part of the problem. Also check the nose gear and make sure it is pointed forward (very little movement is needed in the nose gear).
Practice steering the plane around on the ground for a while (let the other pilots know what you are doing).

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RE: First Takeoff
 

If you have enough thrust to take off at half throttle then you have a lot of reserve to get you out of trouble. Just make sure that once in the air, give the plane enough time flying forward to get altitude before making your turn. If you have to turn right after take off, then I would continue to all a little more throttle before making your initial turn.

Depending on the size of your engine, full throttle may not be the best solution, but when all else fails, it will definately never hurt. The amount of torque to the left may be excessive. Their is a well known field in Florida that has bullseyes on the trees to the left of the runway. People keep hitting those things during takeoff. :):):)