![]() ![]() The landing went well, although I spun out at the end, tail draggers are tricky on gravel. I made a few passes to simulate landing and then retracted the flaps some, it flew good that way so I made a real landing. I dropped the flaps and it slowed to a crawl, a very unstable crawl, you have to keep on top of it every millisecond with the flaps all the way down. The airplane is very reactive at full throttle, I pulled it back to 3/4 throttle and cruised. Flying around in huge figure eights for some time I got the feel for it. I find I have to do this every flight, although not very much. Up to a safe altitude I then adjusted the radio so that it flew level and didn't roll any. My first flight I ran up the throttle and took to the air and climbed out slowly, made a slow turn and noticed that it drops more in a turn than any balsa airplane. On pavement take ten feet off of those measurements. On gravel takeoff at full throttle with no flaps is around 6. You also need to do a full aircraft check over and check your balance, a tail heavy airplane doesn't fly well at all. 7 Steps (with Pictures)Although this airplane goes together faster than balsa its still a treat to take one out for first flight. ![]() Ft Wingspan Coroplast RC Piper Cub Flown by 2. ![]()
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