General flight, climb & pitch✈️ Plane

Nose-heavy symptoms — dives, sluggish, poor climb

The plane wants to dive, feels sluggish, and climbs poorly.

💡 The idea: CG is too far forward, demanding excess elevator to overcome it.

Try these in order

Make one change at a time and re-test — that's how you learn what your car likes.

  1. 1
    Move CG aft toward spec (25% MAC is a common starting reference)

    Directly addresses the root cause.

  2. 2
    Re-test with the classic 45°-up-then-release test

    Diving on release confirms nose-heavy.

Found what works? Save it as a Setup Sheet and compare it against your baseline, log the result in your Run Log, or dig deeper in the RC Wiki.

General RC tuning guidance — your chassis manual's own tuning chart is the final word for your specific car.