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Old 01-04-2007, 07:58 PM
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This seems to be a great flyer, just one question about it's little habit of tip stalling. This is not a problem but I was just wondering if there is a way to get rid of this problem. If you lower the ailerons a couple of degrees when in neutral position will this help?
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I had the GP Extra 300 .60 and thought of it as an excellent flier. It never tip stalled but only gentle and expected straight stalls, it never snaped, or showed any bad habits, in fact it never did anything I didn't ask from it. I really loved that plane and had the best times with it.

Have you check that your wings are not warped? Have you checked lateral balance? Check that the elevator halves are syncronized.

Good luck
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I've re-balanced it and it seems alright now, just one of my normal operator errors.

As you can tell by my question------ this is not a problem, but how do you get rid of this problem I have alot of operator errors.
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Default RE: GP Extra 300S

I checked the lateral balance by taking the prop of and resting the plane upside down of the engine shaft. Then by lifting the plane by one figer from most aft part of the plane (upper tip of the fin) I could easily see wich side of the plane that is the most heavy one. I added a small weight on the lightest side wingtip so the plane got a lateral balance. When doing this one need to check several times by lifting the tail and the wing tip that falls the most times is the heaviest.

Also take off the main wing, hold it upside down with one tip on the floor and and look carefully along its lenght to see if the wing is warped or not. If warped, you can carefully twist the wing back, using your hands, and warm the covering with a heat gun, take the heat away and continue to hold the wing untill the covering has cooled and locked the wing in its new position (hopefully straight as an arrow).

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