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Old 04-20-2003, 05:20 PM
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Default Magnum first flight questions....

its not far off it, at 170+ you don't need that lift that helps in dead stick, it'll just slow you down, i flew mine for the first time the other day and it didn't catch me out, last big dive down wind, cuts just past my self, pull up into wing over and aim for the patch, it did flare for ages with all that speed left from the dive. Anyone that has belly landing experience on fairly high loaded planes should be ok with this. its not that scary, did you count the airborne seconds after dead stick in the videos... more than enough.
only thing i did find is you climb and climb, almost loose sight of it, turn and dive back down its only the back trim your flying, then pull out and it disappears for a while, have to keep sharp with this one. unless you just pull it around and fly it like any old sport plane ZZZZZZZz