R/C hellcat

[legoman]

I made the mistake of flying my hellcat in my drive way, in just a few feet it went vertical and climbed to 30 feet and i freaked out and instinctively shut off the motor. It landed on its belly bending the landing gear and destroying my prop. Plane needed some work but i tried to fly later that day with no success(my other prop was to tiny).

[JimmyC]

 

[legoman]

the speedometer indicated the plane crashed at around 22 miles per hour, i'm amazed its still in one piece, other than the incident with the prop it completely intact, just a little blue paint on the cowl is missing.

[Bosco123]

Your not ready for it.

[legoman]

I'm trying to work it out i have to fine the CG then add some lead weights to the back of the plane to keep the rear down, plane seems to have a problem with the nose doing a face plant.

[Bronk]

Sounds more like a trim problem. Adding weight to the tail will increase instability.

[legoman]

Trim is fine i just underestimated the power that the motor plus the size of the prop would produce. I wasn't ready for the sheer power and that's what effectively destroyed part of the plane.

[CAP1]

Trim is fine i just underestimated the power that the motor plus the size of the prop would produce. I wasn't ready for the sheer power and that's what effectively destroyed part of the plane.

if it went vertical on its own, it was out of trim.

[Shuffler]

We have an RC airpark across the street from my shop. I'll have to go get some pics some evening and post them.

[Bosco123]

I'm trying to work it out i have to fine the CG then add some lead weights to the back of the plane to keep the rear down, plane seems to have a problem with the nose doing a face plant.

That's what's called a warbird. They do that because the gear is ahead of the CG, causing a continual roatiation all the way over. You put lead in the tail and you will never get it off the ground, and if you do, it won't be in one peice when it get's off the ground.

You need to use you thumb, and again, your not ready for it yet. Save that airplane for another time. Learn more airplanes before you get into that.

[legoman]

I had full up elevator and put the throttle to 100%, big mistake.  

[Bosco123]

Should all be at one continuous rate, Throttle should not be slammed full because it will do exactly what it dosn't want you to do, plus the tourque rate that it will produce will be crazy.

[legoman]

This is my only plane i have now, my wildhawk was destroyed and thrown away, this is the only r/c plane i have left. There is another plane at HobbyTown USA, its a p40 4 channel (aileron,and elevator) i was looking at that and saw it was cheaper than the hellcat and thus more expendable. 

[legoman]

[Delirium]

If someone was to start with this hobby, what would you gents recommend?

I've always toyed with the idea of building a RC P38 but I realize I'll need something to start off in, to get my feet wet.