katman

[katman]

just crashed in from northern CA

[yufasa]

Welcome!
What do you fly? How long?

[katman]

I have been flying for about ten years but i wont make a splash here with what i fly. I can only afford .40 size stuff but my brother in law has a 27% cap 232 (the new great planes) so I can fly that any time he has it out. Ive been flying fs one for the last couple months due to weather.

[katman]

If someone was dead bored and didn't have nothing else to do they could give me some pointers on how to make a plane with a very light wing loading 3D. The rudder and elevator don't seem to have enough authority but they do have enough throw. In other words it gets in a hover and when it falls off full throttle and full control just causes a harrier until it flies out. Am i just not catching it fast enough for this plane or do i need to crank the cog back farther yet? Or something else? Pheonix Funstar .40 is the plane. O.S. .46fx

[FireFighterFSFD]

my suggestion is get a bigger motor. it is difficult to make a 40 size hover with a 46 size motor. YES YOU CAN DO but it is easier to do it with more power and plus it will save your plane on more than one once.

[katman]

appreciate the reply Firefighter but you are probably not familiar with this plane. Ready to fly with motor and fuel is around 4.5 to 4.75 pounds so it hovers at 1/2 throttle or slightly more. So power isn't an issue. It will fly straight and level on 2 to 3 clicks of power and harrier at 1/4 throttle. I think it's either a cog issue or I am just not quick enough on the sticks for this plane yet. Probably the latter.

[ericb]

Try moving the CG back a little at a time and see if it improves. What servos do you have in it? It is possible you could use faster servos.

[katman]

Hey thanks Ericb I never thought about the servos. They are some old futaba ones i pulled out of a .40 sport flyer plenty good for that but probably not cutting it now. The more i think about it the truer that sounds. Thanks again. I will post if that works or not but it may be a while due to weather.

[katman]

Haven't tried faster servos yet but spent about 30 to 40 hours on FS One since I last flew my funstar and I am astounded. Last time i flew it i couldn't hold a hover for more than 3 to 5 seconds and without changing the cog or throws or anything the very next time i flew it i could torque roll it for 8 to 10 rounds and hover for as long as i wanted. I am now a true believer in simulator practice, especially FS One. I don't mean to start any product arguments here but my brother in law has G3 and i could rougly touch the tail in a hover with the yak and when i got ahold of FS One it took me about 20 hours of flying before i could kind of hover the Edge 540. Then I finally started learning things. I hear people say G3 is better for pattern flying and i will believe them because i've never flown pattern and i don't know if its more realistic or not but my opinion rest heavily on FS One for 3D. Just my humble opinion. I don't attempt to call myself an ace flyer but I'm just tickled pink to be able to 3D a plane i thought was impossible to 3D. All because of FS One.