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Permalink Reply by Andre S on August 31, 2011 at 9:57am

Hi Wayne, short reply from someone not-so-different from you (at least in terms of thirst for knowledge :)

You write you have zero flight time (which I interpret as never-having-flown-a-RC-plane) then I would strongly recommend you that you either start with a simulator (e.g., FMS, a free simulator that has a quite realistic model for the EZ built in) or you go to some RC club and get some friendly experienced person who guides you into this adventure. Both sounds boring, I know, but I have been there (e.g., I reversed both rudder and elevator on the first flight, crash landed several times and managed to break my first EZ in two, all in the first 2 weeks or so). Learning to fly turns out to take longer than a day for most people. Being a little patient at first actually pays off later big time..

cheers, good luck, Andre

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Permalink Reply by Wayne on September 2, 2011 at 6:27am

Well this is slightly off the topic of "What to get" but last night I decided to do the unthinkable, try to fly the Easystar. Well I learned a few things. CG is very important, the ground can be very hard depending how fast you're headed towards it, it some styrofoams can be quite durable and strong.

Well we didn't REALLY get the EZ Star that far off the ground. we made about 5 attemtps and were not getting far. Im wondering if it is to nose heavy. If the CG is even slightly off will that be enough to even keep it from getting off the ground and heading strit to the ground? Is my battery pack "to much"? Is there a lighter alternative battery pack I should use? Do I want to establish CG before I put ANYTHING in the EZ Star then make sure I keep the same CG as I am adding my hardware? I know I got a pretty juicy motor...is it enough?

 

Any answers to those questions would be a huge help. Yes I did suffer minor damage. As of right now it doesn't look like there is anything lost or so badly damaged that I will need to buy new parts. :)

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Permalink Reply by Andre S on September 2, 2011 at 11:52pm

Generally speaking CG is very important although if it's off a couple of millimeters it shouldn't have such a drastic effect. You may want to check the diydrones forum for older posts on the EZ and general setup, rcgroups for general hints, etc. Also many of your questions are answered at various places (although it takes some time to find them). If you post more info here (what's your motor setup, battery, etc.) people could give more helpful advice.

Good think about the plane it's relatively easy to repair :) Just pour some hot water over squeezed parts and it'll come back to the original shape (more or less :)

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