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Old 06-11-2004 | 08:53 PM
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It has been a while and I am not very experienced with building to begin with- I need to set the thrust angle on my Wattage Mad Max. Under hard throttle, it wants to climb straight up until it stalls unles sI hold some down elevator. If I cruise at a steady speed, keep it level and cut the motor, it dives. So the motor is pulling it up. To compensate- do I point the prop down some or up some? I have triple checked the balancing and it is dead on, so I am assuming it is a thrust issue. Thanks.
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Old 06-13-2004 | 08:43 PM
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add down thrust
Old 06-14-2004 | 02:47 PM
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I am having the same problem on my wattage sopwith camel... Another owner of the same plane told me to point the motor and gearbox down a bit and that would solve the problem. Havnt tried it yet so let me know how it works... Would it be possible to trim the elevator down a bit instead of adding down thrust?
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Try setting 2 degrees down thrust and trim the plane for straight and level at 1/2-2/3 throttle. This should reduce the rate of climb. It's not unusual for high powered planes to climb under full throttle when properly trimmed.
Old 06-15-2004 | 11:52 PM
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climb straight up into a stall though ? If so, I will leave it as is. Thanks for the input.
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Try setting 2 degrees down thrust and trim the plane for straight and level at 1/2-2/3 throttle. This should reduce the rate of climb. It's not unusual for high powered planes to climb under full throttle when properly trimmed.

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