RC FORD TRI MOTOR FIRST FLIGHT AND CRASH

WELL I THINK THE CHEEP MOTORS I GOT ARE NOT THE SAME kv IT JUST PULLED TO THE LEFT.ILL FIX IT..

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• RC FORD TRI MOTOR
• FIRST FLIGHT AND CRASH
• RC PLANE
• CRASH
• FORD TRI MOTOR

[Faucon101]

that vertical stabiliser look small, my 2 cents!

[billyd44444]

the tail is to scale... BUT you might be right

[synman95]

how many esc did you use

[billyd44444]

3 MOTORS AND 3 ESC 1 BATT 3cell 2500mha 20c LIPO

[flyboyfx]

@billyd44444

Yea I built a too scale spitfire (like 1/16) And the tail is a bit too small... So sometimes things just need to be a little out of proportion ;)

[0MoTheG]

What direction do the motors turn?

Try to put something heavy into the tip of the right wing and shorten it a bit.

[cod4madass]

your vertical stab is too small the problem is when building to scale you can scale the model down but not the air around it so you can encounter so many different problems also try to put some reflex in the wings.

[WSteinhaeuser]

Billy,

I have a Trimot Model as well and had a slew of identical crashes on takeoff.  You need to keep her low and get more speed. She stalls if you force the takeoff.

There is a Youtube video of an identical crash of a "real" Trimot. Also my model can be viewed if you enter "Kavan Trimot" in YouTube search.

[hhmote]

my sig trimotor has 3 park 450 brushless motors,i had to spin the two out side motors in toward each other to counteract the torque roll. the right motor turns to the left so does the center motor left motor turns to the right. with 3 9x8 apc props. maybe this will help you too get to fly. best of luck.

[101popster]

i don't think it is u r the motors...the ford tri-plane had a tendency to crash...it is cursed :)

[greenseaships]

I have noticed that the wings on these old trimotors are SO far forward they make it very difficult to balance. For example, to balance my scratchbuilt JU-52, I had to move the wing back almost 2 inches AND put an extra battery (and a LARGE flight battery) in the nose to balance her. Finally got it right and she flies great.

[NuttyPro67]

BEAUTIFUL plane! Seems like its a bit tail heavy with stabilizer size problems. Tail heavy planes always appear to have stabilizers that are too small because it requires alot more stab area to control a tail heavy plane. So try it rather "nose heavy" before you start modding your tail too much, had the same problem with my P-47. :D

[RCSuperPowers]

What a great build Billy!

[startazz]

Man i really like the look of this one and it's another nice big one but like you said i'm sure you will sort her out ok,so keep us all posted please,5*