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#3527
the plane has to be cursed took it for a spin yesterday, got 9,5 minutes in the air BECAUSE due to low temp a servo link to the throttle broke so that only 75% - 100% throttle was setable. So I had to fly the tank out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQirCashbkQ&t=0s I also had some issues on start due to linkage on the rudder, I wasnt able to give full right, but only 25%
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6OkE8eps0&t=266s But in the air it is perfect
So officially, this is the 8th flight and 0 normal landings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQirCashbkQ&t=0s I also had some issues on start due to linkage on the rudder, I wasnt able to give full right, but only 25%
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6OkE8eps0&t=266s But in the air it is perfect
So officially, this is the 8th flight and 0 normal landings
#3529
the plane has to be cursed took it for a spin yesterday, got 9,5 minutes in the air BECAUSE due to low temp a servo link to the throttle broke so that only 75% - 100% throttle was setable. So I had to fly the tank out.
I also had some issues on start due to linkage on the rudder, I wasnt able to give full right, but only 25%
But in the air it is perfect
So officially, this is the 8th flight and 0 normal landings
I also had some issues on start due to linkage on the rudder, I wasnt able to give full right, but only 25%
But in the air it is perfect
So officially, this is the 8th flight and 0 normal landings
I thought it was pretty smart of you to leave the gear up and slide it in on the frost. I put the gear down on my last deadstick and that is how I busted up the wing.
Hang in there, I think I have chased out my gremlins and I'm sure we will get a video of a smooth landing from you one of these days.
#3530
Take your victories where they appear.....you have an engine that runs for 10 minutes without quitting and it looked like it idled nice too. I agree the plane flies like a dream but there is a learning curve for takeoff and landing even when everything works.
I thought it was pretty smart of you to leave the gear up and slide it in on the frost. I put the gear down on my last deadstick and that is how I busted up the wing.
Hang in there, I think I have chased out my gremlins and I'm sure we will get a video of a smooth landing from you one of these days.
I thought it was pretty smart of you to leave the gear up and slide it in on the frost. I put the gear down on my last deadstick and that is how I busted up the wing.
Hang in there, I think I have chased out my gremlins and I'm sure we will get a video of a smooth landing from you one of these days.
this engine is a new one, this one doesnt have the issues of the previous one with broken bearings, runs perfect even while the temperature was around freezing point. I just had to start it on the back.
I've already made a few tries with gear down and all of them were quite destructive for the wing and while this was a planned "emergency" landing, I chose to keep it up, because the ten second for deployment were something I wasn't planning to count in. I had enough worries to keep the speed high enough not to stall.
If the engine would run I would use flaps and gear. I had also trouble with the servo for rudder, it was somehow beaten by the freeze, I got full left and only a quarter to right, that was for me enough to fly it - hard for the takeoff though. But another factor for choosing safe belly landing ...
#3531
#3536
I am not usre I got it as my English skills are far from perfect In case you are sick, I am sorry to hear that
I am fighting my two month cough with playing ice hockey twice a week combined with at least one sauna bath
btw notice this article about Czech republic, if you are interested, its a little off topic but very true https://carminerodi.wordpress.com/20...ved-to-prague/
I am fighting my two month cough with playing ice hockey twice a week combined with at least one sauna bath
btw notice this article about Czech republic, if you are interested, its a little off topic but very true https://carminerodi.wordpress.com/20...ved-to-prague/
#3538
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I am not usre I got it as my English skills are far from perfect In case you are sick, I am sorry to hear that
I am fighting my two month cough with playing ice hockey twice a week combined with at least one sauna bath
btw notice this article about Czech republic, if you are interested, its a little off topic but very true https://carminerodi.wordpress.com/20...ved-to-prague/
I am fighting my two month cough with playing ice hockey twice a week combined with at least one sauna bath
btw notice this article about Czech republic, if you are interested, its a little off topic but very true https://carminerodi.wordpress.com/20...ved-to-prague/
#3539
it ain't a problem; there are like no distances in here - i live outside of prague, which is in the middle of the country, I am pretty much on borders and thats only 60 miles from prague. we have a nice model airstrip in here so if you come by, dont be shy to call me; i will take you there and i can get a plane to fly in there for you
#3540
Wow, lives in Chicago. Woof, I lived there 21 years and fled. I don't ever want to go back there if I don't have to. Hope he has a vest too. I thought it was bad when I lived there, though I did learn how to fight. I found that being a skinny white dude in a PR neighborhood, you learned to act a little CrAzY to be left alone. Grew up around the Logan Square area.
#3550
As far as CG....I set mine exactly as the manual said and it worked great. Get ready to be WOW'd. I actually said that out loud during my Maiden Flight.
Last edited by BigTeeEldorado; 03-07-2017 at 03:10 PM.