Avistar Elite
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Avistar Elite
Ive just started assembling the Great Planes Avistar Elite . Its a beautiful advanced trainer with a vibrant colour scheme covered in monocote.
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Avistar Elite
Two servos were then installed in each wing half. One for the ailerons and one for the flaps. Going by all accounts the Avistar comes in hot on landings so the instalation of flaps should cool things down.
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Avistar Elite
The fuel tank was then installed on a bed of foam with a plywood spacer around the neck to help protect it.
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Avistar Elite
Today i installed a brand new Saito 72 that has been sitting in its box for more than ten years and today was the first time it has seen daylight since then. The stock aluminium engine mount was too small for the big Saito but as luck would have it i had an old Hangar 9 universal aluminium mount that came out of an Alpha 40 and this bolted straight onto the firewall without any modifications required. I also used a Dubro fourstroke throttle linkage that i have on all my fourstroke planes to connect up to the throttle lever on the engine. This works great everytime without any problems.
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Avistar Elite
Had the Avistar in the garden earlier today running up the Saito 72 for the very first time. I ran four tanks of fuel through the engine slobbering rich. Im hoping to maiden the plane in the near future.
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Had the maiden flight today of the Avistar Elite. It flew lovely and when the flaps were deployed it slowed down nicely for landings. All in all im very happy with this plane.
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Second flight of the Avistar Elite
The second flight of my new plane The Avistar Elite at The South Derry Model Flying Club Aghadowey County Derry.
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Learning to fly
I never knew this photo existed until a friend gave it to me two weeks ago. It was taken in the summer of 1986 and i was learning to fly a Yamamoto Trainer with an OS 40 two stroke. That was nearly 40 years ago. Time flys by very quickly.