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Well, I found the first con of this airplane, there's not enough time to fly it as much as I want to... The flight characteristics are great. Snaps are clean as are rolls and the only time you get wing rock in a harrier or elevator is if there's a crosswind. But give it a little aileron throw in the direction of the wind and it goes away.
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We had four gassers at the renegade field today, which is a record for us. There were 2 bunnies, an Extreme FlightYak and a Goldberg Yak. Three had DA 50's and then there was the lonely 3W 56 twin. After there, I went to show it off at Love Air (local field). Someone else took the sticks while I was out there and was amazed to. Landing wasn't without incident though. The wind was starting to gust and it was a crosswind at that. Well, it blew as I was about to touch down and I went into the grass that someone should've cut. Damage wasn't too bad though. Just gotta bend the gear back and fix a wheel pant. Weather is going to crap tomorrow so I got a week to do a little work. It'll be a nice study break...
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I was the luckey someone who got to take the sticks! ... Tom are you trying to send me to the poor house!
Now I got to have one! Axieal roles, Snaps stop on a dime, Harriors kick a$$. Stalls strate ahead. All Up weight with the the 3W-56 twin and 20oz of fuel 18.9 lbs on a didgital fish scale. And the pictures dont do it justice!
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The video of the maiden is coming. You might want to make sure you have one of these on hand Tom when Mark picks up his 33% Edge, I think he's sold on it after flying mine today.
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The video of the maiden is coming. You might want to make sure you have one of these on hand Tom when Mark picks up his 33% Edge, I think he's sold on it after flying mine today.
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Good job Ben I like the way that twin sounds, you did a good job it looks great. Doesn't that extreme flightYak look boring setting next to those Wildhares?
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Thanks! Like I said, I'm hoping to get a much more exciting video within a few weeks. Until then, here's a picture of the renegade crew gasser division.