Originally Posted by sh1bby69

Tony my my friend, my gf and i are heading out on Sunday.

I'll be there on Saturday! Sunday, I'm at another event!

Have fun,
Tony

I"m gonna maiden my dc-3 this weekend. I put the CG right where the manual says but to do this I had to put a 1300mah 3s in the nose just aft of the stock battery placement.

Anyone else have this?

I had to add 2.5 ounces of lead to the nose, even after switching out to a heavier 25c 3s2200 lipo moved as far forward as it will go. Balanced fine with the added lead, but work schedule still has not allowed time for a maiden. Maybe tomorrow if the wind gods are kind.

Well, got my ESC today, it was not exchanged, i know because i marked bad ESC with red mark, plus it had my deans plug on it! It seems to work, both props stop at the same time now, they did not even send me any info on what they did to it, i just have to assume that it was repaired some how, chat person said that it was reprogrammed, i tried to do that multiple times without success. oh well i guess that the way it goes. will try to maiden it tomorrow, to windy and much colder today in MN Zagi

flew mine for two whole packs yesterday, it flew great! did some scale flying then practiced a bunch of takeoffs and landings. very happy now! my new props arrived today, as mentioned they are a bit flimsy. i'll do some static runs tomorrow and see how they do.

zaggi, glad you plane is working now! you've waited a long time, best of luck on the maiden and post a report when you can!

Maiden Flight was good, no issues, i converted over to my DX7 transmitter/w 6110 receiver, i did not have any problems with stock radio, it's just nice to be able to program aileron/rudder mix in for smoother turns! Dynam radio is now in my GWS C-47 Skytrain, and works fine................ Now have to "fix" that rear swivel wheel, and all will be well.......Zagi

DC-3 Taking off (0 min 20 sec)

DC-3 flying in Atlanta (0 min 43 sec)

Note the excellent climb rate on this first video when I forgot about the portable light tower they moved in behind me.

Maiden flight of Dynam DC-3 (0 min 47 sec)

Originally Posted by lwalton

Note the excellent climb rate on this first video when I forgot about the portable light tower they moved in behind me.

Thanks for the vids, lwalton! She sure looks good in that silver skin.

looks great lwalton! where did you end up getting the decals you needed?

Looks good Iwalton. Did you have to add any nose weight, and are you using the stock battery. I have come to the conclusion that the stock CG range is very conservitive. I balanced mine at 65mm with a TP 2200 25C 3 cell lipo which is heavier than the stock 15C battery, and it still took 2 ounces to balance. It flew very very nose heavy, and I was even running out of elevator at slower airspeeds. I'm going to take atleast half of the weight out and test her again. I have a suspension I'll end up taking most of it out before I'm done.

Originally Posted by Scott Morgan

Looks good Iwalton. Did you have to add any nose weight, and are you using the stock battery. I have come to the conclusion that the stock CG range is very conservitive. I balanced mine at 65mm with a TP 2200 25C 3 cell lipo which is heavier than the stock 15C battery, and it still took 2 ounces to balance. It flew very very nose heavy, and I was even running out of elevator at slower airspeeds. I'm going to take atleast half of the weight out and test her again. I have a suspension I'll end up taking most of it out before I'm done.

A member on this thread - Zup - had the decals from when he converted his GWS EAL plane to TWA years ago. Thanks Zup!

I added a 3s 1300mah Zippy battery to the nose and I lined up with the suggested CG in the manual and it flew right on. I'm going to add 150% up travel on my DX-7 for next flight. I'm not getting much up elevator with the stock setup. Even though it jumped over that light real quick

she looks AWESOME .... tnx for the vids !

Do you balance with a CG machine, or use your fingertips? Thanks!

Originally Posted by Scott Morgan

Do you balance with a CG machine, or use your fingertips? Thanks!

I bought this GP balancer from www.atlantahobby.com

http://www.atlantahobby.com/store/pc...GP-10p7702.htm

looks good lance. i hope none of those lite towers or fences reach out and grab it tho.
john