u2fast
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Joined: 12/26/2001
From: houston, TX, USA
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eddie, i havent got a weight yet. i was up till 3:30 am sunday morning and back at it around 8:30 sunday morning getting her ready. i did not have time to install the fuel and smoke lines in the external tanks, so i flew without them. i did fly with the bombs. i can tell she is a little heavier when picking her up. flying characteristics is about the same. take off roll, maybe a little longer, but not much runway is required either way. could easily fly off of 300 ft or so. landing, i did carry a little throttle all the way around, where on my other reaction, i basically did a lot of idle gliding. but i cant give a good landing comparison due to 15 to 20 mph winds quartering across the runway slightly. so some power was needed for that. i did fly so long once that on final i ran out of fuel. i had full flaps deployed and left them down, as i was almost to the runway. landing this way was uneventful. i think one of the things i like the most is the higher stance that the model has with longer struts and larger tires. i have a bvm bobcat nose retract and robart 635's for mains. tires are also bvm, i think the mains are 2 3/4 or so. she looks good taxing out and ground handling is excellent. my friend shot some video and i will see of i can post some of it, but most of the flight was spent piddling around with 4 other guys flying, and i was watching out for them. loops did feel different, a little bigger and a little more on the elevator on the down side. probably more kingcat like. but overall, i am happy with the new 54. i like the looks and a solid weekend beater jet. barry
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