EDF Freewing 80mm F86

[fran11784]

Good morning, hope someone can give some pointers on landing this bugger. Maiden her yesterday and what a hand full. My first EDF so I was ready for it. The elevator on this thing is real lazy it seems and its almost maxed out on the deflection. Got the COG where they say in the manual but when it came time to land it took me 3 go arounds to get her down safe. Any words of wisdom? BTW, didn't use any flap, forgot...lol

 

[Tony]

One thing to remember about this plane, it has a very high wing loading. This means you are going to have to carry a LOT of speed when taking off and landing. Also remember, this plane has to be moving through the air for the controls to work. It's not like a 3D plane where you have air always going over the control surfaces.

But keep your speed up on landing and let the drag of the wheels slow it down once she touches down.