Maiden Flight: Freewing Mirage 2000

[@JohnVHRC]

Sick wheelie!

[@rcflighttestengineer5636]

Try “acquired”, but a great video nonetheless. I wasn’t surprised you found it overly responsive in roll, when you showed your control travel during the preflight checks it looked about 3 times what I have.

[@charliezgrodek5409]

what are u setting your dual rates and expos at ?

[@ShadowVFX]

Of the top of my head, I went with the rates in the manual. Except roll rates. Those are down near 60%. Otherwise it's way too sensitive.

[@WarbirdFan66]

good job man, and the tail thing is easy to fix, takes a lot of practice to land one of those deltas to land nicely, a smal tail skid on the underside of the fuselage, like on the Gripen, might be a good idea to prevent that from happing, still very good for just two flights...i was wondering, did you programm a landing phase or do you prefer a just hands on approach?....cheers

[@ShadowVFX]

Thanks. I have since 3D printed a little skid just for this purpose. It works great. Regarding landing setups, I just use my hands and thumbs. Sometimes if I really want to get technical, I'll switch it to low rates so that I don't overcorrect as much. But 90% of the time it's just thumbs on sticks doing the job.

[@scottmccluskey8055]

Great job. Hey where abouts did you end up with the cg? And are you measuring gear up or down? Thanks Scotty

[@ShadowVFX]

I have my CG right in front of the MARCHER decal, near the front part of that access panel that I describe in my video. So, I'd say about 1/2" more forward than what the manual described. Basically I have my 4000mah pack pushed as far forward as I can get it while still closing the canopy. To be honest, the CG might be a bit too far forward right now, but at least she flies more predictably. If I wanted to emphasize high-alpha flight I would shift the CG back again. But for average flying, I find this current CG to be very comfortable. More importantly, I turned the mechanical throws down to the lowest sensitivity (control horn connected to the inner most servo arm hole and outer most control horn hole). And even then I needed some reduced aileron throw in my Tx for the plane to feel right to me.