5blue

Thanks MobyAl for the backup on the cleanup - and the engine sound can't be beat -

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mobyal this isn;t a contest i just stated my preference but feel free to make what ever critical back handed comment you like

Rudolph Hart

Sheesh! you won't have to wait long,i got heaps of them,suck it up princess

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oldfart I knew you would!

Planejaw

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Thanks Steve. It appears that you have the DLE-30 installation well figured out. I'll keep you posted on my build.

AA5BY

Y'all got me chuckling. I don't much like clean up but I don't much like airplanes that don't sound like airplanes either so personally I've chosen not to go electric. I'd never however, suggest to someone that has gone electric, that his choice is inferior. I've life long friends who now fly exclusively electric. Our preferences are personal... there is no right or wrong. It's all good... except those stinky diesels.

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aa5by thank you!

Rudolph Hart

Amen brothers

paparozzi

Well completed mine and maidened. Very nice model this is, Thanks to all you posted here very helpful. using a crrc pro gp26r good pull. a little tricky to put in this was thow as the rear carb comes very close to the firewall, Loking forward to fly this again.

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i am headed to the field for the first flyte on mine today i will let you all know how it went

AA5BY

papparossi... very nice looking plane... if it flies as good as it looks... I understand why you are anxious to fly again soon.

AA5BY

go vertical...

Best of luck with the maiden.

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maiden outstanding power is awsom unllimeted vertical roll rate is quick and axiel point rolls clean flat spins are a thing of beuaty flys good inverted but looks odd one thing i don't know with you gas guys engines making noise can you hear the wistel the struts make on a low high speed pass i can[

paparozzi

Congrats go vertical, on your maiden flight a treat indeed. Maidned mine yesterday here is a vid i took myself on head cam, Also the pilot has some attitude. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htkjv003xEY

Lifer

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They do fly nice!!!!!

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paparozzi love pilots head looks like it flew well even in the wind i really want to get more time on this plane i feel it can become a real head turnner in the air but yours does sound better and mine wistels

Rudolph Hart

Paparozzi and go vertical good luck and good news on your flights,could'nt agree more with your impressions.Are we lucky to be flying in the golden age of good looking arf's or what?

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can't agree more in the old days what took me 1week to do would have months of teadeus work after 35 years in this hobby i would have a hard time doing as good a job with this plane

paparozzi

Totally agree, and even faster with the bnf version of this, But lets say that you do need to spend some time building an arf at least its quite exiting,
Some peaple still go for the plane kits thow, For me the only good think about the kit form is that you take for ever to finish so you dont start looking for the next project? well you all know what i mean.

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i know i am looking for what next

paparozzi

Can anyone help with this? I have mooved the cg backwards, but i keep ending up with the elevator at 4 clics trim up, The plane flies good and holds level at slow and high speed sg seems right. Anyone came across this here? Tailorcraft 26cc gas. thanks

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because it is a high wing plane there is some control coupeling on knife edge it wants to tuck one of the reasons is the insidencs between the wing and stab are not O this also causes the need for up trim

Lifer

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Paparozzi,

Rather than use trim, have you tried the "Throttle-to-Elevator mix? Set it to add a little up elevator as it throttles up. I like mixes to really "dial in" a plane!


Best regards.

Rudolph Hart

I stay away from computer radio mixes in this type of aeroplane.If it's correctly set up including balance (fore and aft as well as lateral) it's a joy to fly a la natural.Next time you are flying it at what you think is a safe height gently roll it over and stay inverted.It should just need the slightest amount of forward stick to maintain height,good luck mate

AA5BY

I agree. A recent plane build (not the Taylor Craft) had a problem. Power on and power off trim were not the same. In that instance, the plane would dive under power or if trimmed for power, the glide slope was too shallow and it would linger aloft and slow up too much. That problem could be solved by mixing down trim at lower throttle but with power on the aft edge of the elevator was trimmed up 1/4 inch. The mix worked fair but there was yet considerable canopy tuck in knife edge. I decided to adjust the stab to get the elevator neutral for power on and then see how the power off glide was.

The stab was on a tube so the forward stab pin was shimmed 3/64 down or reducing the stab incidence by probably less than a half degree doing so in 1/64 increments. At that point, the elevator was neutral for power flight and the landing glide slope ideal with no mixing and the severity of knife edge tucking was cleaned up.