Another successful maiden to report. Two flights of about 3:30 each on one 6s 4000mAh bat. Both landings seem smooth from my perspective, but from the 3rd person view atop v. stab. , seemed more harsh.
The good:
1. really robust and handsome CNC retracts, rolls true with no play.
2. digital metal gear servos are strong and center very well, already centered out of the box
3. ESC, motor, fan adequate for sport flying and sounds pretty good.
4. many thoughtful details like flexible nose, plastic LEX and intake lip, small parts count that are evident in unboxing/build videos.
Need improvement (the bad - though this could be my personal preference for neutral feel):
1. Recommended CG of 95-105mm is way nose heavy. I balanced mine at 95mm and almost could not rotate before the end of my runway. Just doing a finger push at tail in the pits to test how much force is required to rotate felt excessively nose heavy relative to main gear location. Basically impossible to hold a wheelie like the real one does.
2. Inflight behavior also felt nose heavy as pitch trim varies a lot depending on speed. A well balanced sport plane should require little trim change for vast speed ranges, only pitching down slightly for approach speed; not the case for this FMS F-16. Also inverted nose drop is fast, needing a lot of elevator push to hold level inverted flight.
3. Airplane is super stable, which also results from nose heaviness and the large negative incidence
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