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After much testing, breaking, fixing, and head scratching, I feel that I have no more questions about the topic. This topic can now be closed. I appreciate the help I got from the forum (especially Brian T) from knowing nothing about making a plane without instructions to completing a fully flyable ...

The freedom flight planes need to be built exactly to how it is said in the instruction packet. I learned the hard way. They are capable of 2 minute flights in a 25 feet tall gym. Are you winding enough?

I added more left wash-in and the plane flew normally at higher torque.

I set the incidence back to 1/4" and ran the plane on 1800 winds (0.060 in-oz) it circled 3/4 up on the first turn and got stuck the second. I am currently getting it down. My goal is to get the launch torque right (somewhere between 0.030:1500winds and 0.060:1800winds) and then solve my stall ...

So far, I do not know why the plane is not performing what it should. notes for today; 1800 winds, 0.040 in-oz, 1 min 19 secs, went up on 2 turns, in middle of 2nd turn, hit top and went down 5 feet, continued circling 3-4 times, started going down with drops of 2-3 feet each time, glided and droppe...

One of the diagonal supports for the wing was loose, that was the only thing that was not normal. The gym is currently taken up by a basketball match so I did a 500 wind test run elsewhere. The plane climbed to about 7 feet and the time for the flight was 26 seconds. There was no stalling but I cant...

Does anyone know what is wrong? The plane has been flying ceiling height at this about 3/8 incidence with 1500 winds and 0.26 in-oz torque. On testing on Friday, all the specs were the same, 1500 winds, 0.026 in-oz torque, some incidence, but the plane will not climb. The only thing I can think of i...

notes from flights on tuesday: 1400 winds, 1min23secs time Climbed in 3 loops, circled at the top for a long time, went down slowly several small stalls (suddenly dropping 6" and continuing flying at the lower altitude, no climbing back) 0.25 in-oz torque, perfect height, was in fear of hitting...

Kyle, Good job getting to this point. I'm going to give some hard and fast rules of trimming. 1. Do not adjust climb rate by decreasing wing incidence. Do not adjust climb rate by decreasing wing incidence! 2. Wing incidence for this airplane needs to be at least 3/16" (if the stabilzer is fla...

I will check for any stalls remaining, then try to get the most winds out of the rubber, then deal with propeller pitch.