Learning to fly - FT Nutball repeated headcrash

by soundshock | June 5, 2013 | (0) Posted in Just Fun

I had so much fun with the FT nutball today. After months of rain in northern europe, today i had the chance to improve my flying style ... Well, let´s say: there´s still a long road in front of me and in the end the wing broke off of the powerpod, however, we catched a real plane in our footage ... all electronics are working, it will need some drops of hotglue and it will be back up in the sky tomorrow.

 

Thank you flitetest for releasing such a wonderful "3plane-new to the hobby-entry set" ...

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COMMENTS

gr1999 on June 12, 2013
I just started on the FT Spitfire
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slav on June 12, 2013
have you dialled in any expo to your transmitter it will make it a bit easier??? I recommend about 30-40%
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jerimiah85 on June 12, 2013
To be honest The nutball isn't a good first plane! it is unstable and people do crash a lot with them in return give up the hobby due to failed flight attempts. you can NOT got wrong with the FT Flyer!! I cant stress how easy and fun it is. give it a go with that and post a video. just make sure you Cg is right this video your throws look way too high and tail heavy. happy flying
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rcspaceflight on June 12, 2013
I had better luck with the FT Delta. With rudder and elevator planes, I keep tilting the plane too much and rudder cannot bring you back from that. As a beginner it's too easy to turn too sharp and not be able to recover. The F-22 Raptor actually looks like a great first plane. And I don't know why I haven't built one yet.
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RoyBro on June 12, 2013
I too am having dismal results with the Nutball. I tried flying it when it was too windy, and then I thought that if I flew it with a 2s battery instead of a 3s, that it would slow things down a bit. But I didn't change the prop to match the battery and ended up with it being under powered.
I'm determined to find the right combination so that I can at least get one successful flight from the damn thing before I trash it completely.
In the meantime, I've built an FT Flyer and I'll probably take it out this weekend.
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Bellows on February 12, 2014
Sorry to tell you those results are NOT dismal. That is just learning mode. I chose to learn the same way on my Nutball. I just kept crashing and patching and building until I learned how to fly better. I had FUN all the way. If I wanted easy I would have bought a RTF indoor micro.You are correct however in that the FT Flyer is much easier to fly. I just built the FT-22 and hope I don't crash it quite so much,
LooseBruce
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sailorJohn on June 12, 2013
Keep trying try changing balance point
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soundshock on June 13, 2013
You all are perfectly right, in the meantime i maidened the FT Flyer and the Delta aswell and they are much easier to handle. Dialing in some expo also did the trick. Thanks for the input.
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johanjonker on June 15, 2013
He did just fine.. He just fooled you, with his propeller first type landings..

You cant fly that bad if you didn't hung it up in one of those long fingered plane snaching trees..
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tmask32 on June 16, 2013
I definitely agree the flyer is easier. But with the nut ball if you use a 3s and get your CG write fly it faster and higher in a bigger field and you'll have better luck.
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Scooby1200 on June 16, 2013
I just got the nutball from flite test in the mail over the weekend and my sons and I started to make three of tham today. it's good to see people getting in to the madness of the Nutball and good work on the learning video too it's going to help me and my sons fly the ones We are making.
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Learning to fly - FT Nutball repeated headcrash