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42. Check your motor rotation direction, make sure your prop is tightened, verify
that your battery if fully charged, and be certain your wing bolts are tight.
Trimming your 60" Slick
We highly recommend fine tuning your CG using the 45 degree line test. Fly the aircraft
from left to right or right to left, whichever direction you are more comfortable with at 3/4
to full throttle. Pull the aircraft to a 45 degree up line and establish this line and
immediately roll the aircraft inverted. Establish this line and let go of the elevator stick.
Ideally the aircraft will continue to track on that 45 degree line for several hundred feet
before slowly starting to level off. Adjust the position of your battery to achieve this flight
condition. Once satisfied with the location of your CG scribe a mark on the battery tray so
that you can position the battery in the same location each flight and achieve the same feel
and flight characteristics each flight.
I also highly recommend taking the time to properly set up your rates and exponential
settings. Setting up low rates for precision maneuvers and high rates for aggressive
aerobatics and 3D flight will allow you to experience the best attributes of the Slick or any
aircraft for that matter. Here are some suggested rates to get started with. These are the
rates and exponential values I feel comfortable with. They may feel awkward to you and if
so please adjust to your taste.
