RE: a few questions following the MINARE's maiden flight
Dominik,
I have flown modern F3D planes before so the speed is nothing to me.
Still I was amazed how clean this airframe is especially given its age.
there was a very strong headwind and it penetrated like it was nothing.
Additionally the elevator was so sensitive on landing that it balloned right before touch down and still was able to coast forward without pancaking.
I have a bunch of aluminum tubing I'm going to use to make extensions for the pipe.
I am wondering however if the speed is too much.
I've never seen classic f3a but have watched some video clips and mine seems a bit fast...might not look as graceful as top speed.
Maybe an 11x6 would be nice or even one of those zinger 10.5 x 7 props. don't know.
In any case I'm going to the competition in two weeks to meet folks and get a feel of how these things are supposed to be flown.
thanks for your reply sir.
paul