PlaneMaker Tutorial 7: First test flight.

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Uploaded by on Apr 3, 2009

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  • my aircraft stands vertically on its nose and crashes even when I am on the ground? any help plz..

  • @deltaa42 Sounds like you need to work on your CG (Center of Gravity). Try moving it backwards. (Positive larger numbers move the CG further back).

  • Hi, I have a question, On my first test flight, everything went OK, but once I place my airplane on the ground, the fuselage beyond my main gear tipped backwards. Do you know anything that I could fix there? Thanks!

  • @Trevorpilot123

    Well, it's simple logic: if the plane tips backward, then either it's tail-heavy, or the landing gear needs to be moved back. A plane MAY fly OK when it's tail heavy, but it's always more stable if it's slightly nose-heavy. You can make adjustments to the incidence of the elevator, to compensate for nose-heaviness, and the result will be a more stable aircraft than if you leave it tail heavy. So I'd recommend moving the CG forward.

  • @danklaue where can I find the CG?

  • @Trevorpilot123

    In PlaneMaker's "Standard>Weight & Balance" menu. If you press the space bar in PlaneMaker, you can see the plane in wireframe mode, and the CG is represented as a round black ball.

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  • Thanks for this tutorial. With this help i made my first custom plane and it did fly on first try! Not too far (wing fell off) but it did.

  • Really nice video, but it wasn't the best approach and landing i've ver seen :)

  • @bscross32 Yes, it was the very first test. Yes, I have built a supersonic aircraft (several, actually), but not for tutorials and not for download. This was already many years ago.

  • that's impressive how it performed was that the very first test?

    did you build any supersonic aircraft yet?

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