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Old 11-03-2004, 12:09 PM
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Default RE: Easy flying Bipe plans?

I finished up A 55 inch Krier Kraft from plans by Gordon Whitehead and sold through RCM. I did make A few changes but nothing major, my changes were made because the plans are over 10 years old and we now have better ways of doing things. I powered it with A YS 110, and added stiffer springs to the LG, flying it was very easy, it has great ground handeling [most bipes don't] and in the air it flys like A Kaos. Landing is normal for A Bipe, it tends to slow down fast because of drag so I bring it in with throttle management and it is easy to bring down. So far I have only had one dead stick, it was very smooth, I kept the nose down and the speed fooled me, when I turned in to the runway it slowed faster then I thought it would and I just landed A little short. It's A fun build and A great winter project. JMO Look it up in the RCM plans and read about it, A very good flying plane.