Controllability trouble w/450

[mrmugen]

Personally I like the cub a lil nose heavy. Just the one with ailerons though.....not the stock one. It helps it make tighter rolls and "dig" into corners better.....or at least thats how it feels.

[hack73]

wjcjr said:

YEAH that's more like it! First day of real flying after I gutted the plane.

The NEW Super Cub IS SUPER.

The new TX/RX/servos/ESC combo work GREAT! The degree of control I now have is awesome and very smooth.

That Park 450 with an 11X7 is a great step up from stock. I did not have time to use other props today but will probably Sunday. I have a 10X6, 11X7, 11X10 and a 12X6 here for me to experiment with. I put on the Du-Bro 2 3/4" tires so the 12 should clear no problem.

I am still using the 9.6V 1500 Elite NIMH battery packs. I timed 2 flights today, first at 16 minutes and second at 19 minutes. Neither flight did I hit the low voltage cut-off. To become fully recharged the first battery needed 743Mah and the second needed 962Mah. Concluding with those numbers I think I'll be able to pull off some where in the 25 minute area. I will need to time a full run, today was too windy for that. Also today I was doing quite a bit of cruising, the 450 effortlessly pulls this machine around.

So with that little bit of flying I must say I am adequately impressed with the set-up to say it was worth it.

Thanks for your help and suggestions.

I have a couple pictures to show thrust angles; when I am not as bushed I'll go figure out how to post an image and do it.

Wayne

Do you have any of those pictures up yet? I have about the same setup but can't get it balanced correctly. Seems to nose up too much and tilt left. I don't have pictures yet but my setup looks like this: www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1525771. Also, what is the correct CG with a 1600mAh Lipo mounted vertically in front of the battery box? Mine is around 2" from LE.