First flights on a new airplane, the Hobbyzone Champ S+ trainer that I intend to use teaching DW's grandnieces to fly R/C airplanes. I turned off all the bells & whistles because the area in the back yard isn't overly large and limiting the turn radii might cause an encounter with one of those airplane-eating trees. The beginner and intermediate modes limit the bank and dive/climb angles to keep trainees from getting disoriented.
The first flights with a new airplane are always a bit nerve-wracking because you don't always know what it's going to do or how it will respond to controls. Only once did I have one (the J-3) that was in trim right out of the box. The Champ was badly out of elevator trim and even with almost half down elevator at reduced throttle it was hard to get it to level out. With the motor off it still took down elevator to keep from stalling. After a half-dozen or so short flights I got all the trim issues dialed in.
I think it's going to be a good training airplane though because the thing flies SLOW! I mean, final approach is not much more than walking speed so it will be easy for a newbie to handle.
The first flights with a new airplane are always a bit nerve-wracking because you don't always know what it's going to do or how it will respond to controls. Only once did I have one (the J-3) that was in trim right out of the box. The Champ was badly out of elevator trim and even with almost half down elevator at reduced throttle it was hard to get it to level out. With the motor off it still took down elevator to keep from stalling. After a half-dozen or so short flights I got all the trim issues dialed in.
I think it's going to be a good training airplane though because the thing flies SLOW! I mean, final approach is not much more than walking speed so it will be easy for a newbie to handle.