christopher Myers

I’ve got it Dick basically it’s a skill / experience thing your tips of what to do have set me up well so I’ve got a minor repair and I shall be back and trimming it out and having fun. We live and learn and I’ve had fun. I fly from either Bournemouth or Bristol . thanks for all the help , support and advice from the forum much appreciated. regards chris

Thank you Dick that’s amazing and gives me something to work with. I had snap flap setup and full length ailerons but was trimming so hadnt got to that before the tree struck ! I think with hindsight my expectations was it would be faster and then better than my 1.4 and this isn’t necessarily the case and definitely I had too much elevator and was causing the spin. again with hindsight I’ll increase aileron for better roll rate and reduce elevator and start again from 3 times higher using your tips! ahh well the plus side is apart from pride and a small repair we will fly again! You live and learn thank you all for all the help , Dick that is some great tips ! cheers chris

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Thanks all, JD8 that's it, plodding around the sky or fast in straight line it was fine , it was only when i started speeding things up in the turns or loops it sort fo fell out the sky and did funny things. I think the consensus is right there is too much elevator / I'm putting too much elevator in. Steve J , thanks the flaps with aileron did give a good roll rate and snap flap seemed to work but never really got to try it as was focussing on trying to trim the basics . Will try the C & G but the dive test and inverted seemed good. On the plus side landing with crow was awesome. Thank you all.

Many thanks the elevator is the thing that's really been a mental block as its all moving and ive really struggled to know how to set it up. What got me was it was really motoring and i was expecting a pylon like turn with lots of energy retained but your right its like stopped and fell out the sky in a spin managed to recover it had it not been for the tree still at least it caught it for me ! on the plus side i can rebuild her and we shall try again with less throws and a bit more height before i start pushing my limits! Thanks for the reply much appreciated.

Have a RCRCM Hornet and was trying to trim and setup correctly. The CofG was set as per the plans and a dive test and inverted was as expected gentle pull out and not to much down elevator when inverted. The throws were set as per the instructions to high setting. Its my first all moving tailplane. Symptoms and reason for crash. Real reason is poor pilot but putting that aside for the moment. The role rate was very poor unless i went full length by mixing the flaps to act as ailerons. I was going fast and trying to do a sharp turn by flipping vertical and pulling up but instead of coming round it spun. Loops would also spin out rather than a clean loop. This is my first moulded plane but i also have a Kunai 1.4 which rolls faster does pylon type turns and I can fling it round the sky. Was expecting this to be faster and more nimble but if i get it moving it it seems to stall and spin. Apart from pilot which I'm stuck with any ideas what i should be looking at? Cheers Chris