13-11-2011, 10:36 PM
Took the Dynam Meteor up today at the field rather than my house. Pretty gusty, lots of crosswind.
Flew it on 4S 3300 nano- didn't set the timer correctly so not sure how long but approaching 4 minutes.
Aileron response was good but roll rate surprising slow- will need check out why.
Elevator response was good but as its travel reaches full, she rolls so will need to look at that. Not much i can do except maybe reduce the control throw as these things don't have a lot to begin with, everyone mods them for more. I did think one side had slightly more travel than the other close to full travel and the result in the air confirms it.
Full power pass was a lot slower than i hoped. I guess the fixed gear is the reason. Some people remove them others, add retracts. Ill look into both options.
The rudder has a decent amount of throw but wouldn't hold knife edge, others have said it would.
Landing control was good, jet doesn't want to slow down and floats. Made a number of landing runs before trying properly. Was ok in the gusty conditions and the jet touched down nicely but hit by a gust just as the nose was about to touch, pitched the jet up and onto it's back. Was going to slowly to recover. Hit inverted but flat, only damage was a broken tail. Its fixable but it's pretty flimsy so i'll probably need to add some strength to it.
Overall. Its a nice model, CofG seems correct and response is reasonable if not a little slower than i expected.
Need to get it back into the air on a calmer day for a better appreciation.
Flew it on 4S 3300 nano- didn't set the timer correctly so not sure how long but approaching 4 minutes.
Aileron response was good but roll rate surprising slow- will need check out why.
Elevator response was good but as its travel reaches full, she rolls so will need to look at that. Not much i can do except maybe reduce the control throw as these things don't have a lot to begin with, everyone mods them for more. I did think one side had slightly more travel than the other close to full travel and the result in the air confirms it.
Full power pass was a lot slower than i hoped. I guess the fixed gear is the reason. Some people remove them others, add retracts. Ill look into both options.
The rudder has a decent amount of throw but wouldn't hold knife edge, others have said it would.
Landing control was good, jet doesn't want to slow down and floats. Made a number of landing runs before trying properly. Was ok in the gusty conditions and the jet touched down nicely but hit by a gust just as the nose was about to touch, pitched the jet up and onto it's back. Was going to slowly to recover. Hit inverted but flat, only damage was a broken tail. Its fixable but it's pretty flimsy so i'll probably need to add some strength to it.
Overall. Its a nice model, CofG seems correct and response is reasonable if not a little slower than i expected.
Need to get it back into the air on a calmer day for a better appreciation.
DX8
Skyartec- Skyfun x3
HK- Minimoa
Airfield- P51 - weak main landing gear struts, bends easily on landing.
Freewing- F86- on my second
ParkZone T-28- sooooo cool
Dynam Meteor
HET- Me163(in hangar building)
Awaiting build
Freewing SU-34
Kills F-86, T-33,L-39, Skyfunx2