Paul, Keep it moving. Unless yours is much lighter than mine (about 38-40 oz.) it is not a floater. It has a relatively high aspect ratio and wing load and without any wing twist it has a pronounced tip stall. It does really scoot when you need t it to and is really fun on a slope with the ballast tubes installed.
Don't try to save a flight on a hand launch thermal at 20 feet until you know where that tip stall starts. You may want to put an extra wrap of fiberglass at the transition of the fin to fuse, cuz that is where it will crack the first time you catch a wing tip on landing. Make sure the flexible pushrod sheaths are well anchored inside the fuse to prevent contol slop. Flies nice, just keep it moving. It will take a decent winching - watch the wing tips when you zoom. Startl easy then work you way to your comfort point. The tips start flexing from the point where the internal tubes end. I broke my T-tail when I launched it way too timidly last summer (broke my confidence late summer). I think I was probably a little nose light, too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: [RCSE ] Is anyone actually building something? > At 9:26 PM -0500 4/2/05, Thomas Koszuta wrote: > >I"VE GOT ONE OF THOSE!! > > > >Needs spoilers or at least a good skeg. > > What's your opinion of the T-Bird? Apart from the spoiler/skeg do you > have any recommended tweaks or tips? > > I'm planning on flying it "as is" for the moment, and once I've > accumulated some flying time/experience I'll most likely either try > doing a spoiler retrofit to the existing wing or get the > multi-function wing which has flaps and ailerons. My first foray into > building since my early teens has been a bit of a (re)learning > experience and I'm sure the second set of wings will be a whole lot > closer to perfect. > > cheers > Paul > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
