Alright guys, don't know what I am doing wrong, I built a slow stick, and a beaver, and Neither will fly. They take off no matter hand launch, or taxi, they go almost straight up and stall, then fall to the ground and break props, wing, etc...... Please any advice would be greatly appreciated!

What it sounds like is that when you are taking off the angle of ascent is to high and it causes the plane to stall, if you are not high enough when the plane stalls the plane just goes straight into the ground, try taking off at no more than 30 or 35 degrees and gain altitude slowly and then once you are at least 75 feet up in the air try your turns. You will need a bigger area to learn to fly than you might thing, it's just to give you room to correct your mistakes OK.

Are you holding in "up" elevator while they go straight up?

Once the plane is off the ground and has some air speed it should fly w/o any up elevator. Full throttle should make it climb and once it is at the altitude you want, you should be able to cut back to about half throttle and cruise and maintain altitude.

Sierra Gold

Hi,

I/'m sure you've already checked, but make sure your CG (center of gravity) is correct, and not too far back.

Hope this helps, let us know what the problem is when you find it.

Wayne Miller

Don't be afraid to give it some down elevator. These planes are designed with tons of lift. I know, altitude is your friend, but so is speed and you can't gain altitude with out it. Just like enrique1123 said keep your ascent shallow. If your trim is off, you may actually have to give it some down elevtor to keep for going up to fast.

We are all guilty of wanting to get "high" too fast, the climb rate of electrics can be very low. If the plane is properly balanced and trimmed, best to use the "hands in pockets" method. Let the plane fly by itself for a couple of seconds, then easy on the sticks. I'm not particularly fond of the "test glide" routine. If the plane is well made it should fly by itself with little help from pilot. As pilots we don't actually "fly" the plane. we just give it small corrections, I prefer to think of it as "guiding" the plane. Also remember, better to be nose heavy than tail heavy when learning.