turdfergerson
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Joined: 5/3/2008
From: Wichita,
KS, USA
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ok so here is the low down of todays training sorties.
the wind was not what i had hoped for, thought it was south @ 10 but it turned out to be 10 out of the west (cross wind for us). after staring at the sock for about five minutes i said "screw it, Chuck Yeager would fly it". in an attempt to make my thumbs limber i fired up the trusty old avistar. cranked her around for about five min made a touch and go came back around and then it happened.............. my first crash..........was coming in a bit to slow, touched down and then gunned it, not having enough airspeed i foolishly pulled back too hard and snap rolled it from ten feet up. After i picked up the reckage and my pride off the runway i figured sitting down was a good idea.......it was
now to the good stuff.
not wanting to be a quiter i decieded that the raptor would get airborne whether it liked it or not. my friend and i fired up the os .55ax and taxied out got to the end of the runway and gunned it. after it had made it ALL the way to the end i gently eased her up (no flaps). after it was about 75 feet or so up i noticed something was drasticly wrong, she was pulling hard to the right and nosing to the ground. i threw the trims to the maxx to try to correct it, no dice. at this point im saying to myself "two in one day cause there is no way im bringing her back" well to mygreat surprise i put her down on the runway.............hard. broke the prop and the right wing droop. whew.....its going to be ok.
2nd flight
removed the droops put them in the trash and replaced the prop, gametime. took off and i couldnt believe how tail heavy she felt. i said srcew it and continued to fly anyway, got several low passes in, practiced using the flaps, and then landed her. success.........for now.
so my bud said i should pull the weight out of the tail so i removed the access panel and looked...........nothing there.......where are the weights???? ohhhhhhh there they are, just floating around........o'well. i removed em and took her up again
3rd flight.
garbage.........thats all i can say. handled like crap but i figured "this is it" this is what ive been waiting two months for so i might as well make the best of it. so i flew her around for about five min and brought her in. landing was a bit hairy but it was still in one peice.
while i was looking at the plane in the pits my eye happened to catch something, the right elevator was hanging down further than the left.......after careful inspection................OOOOOHHHHHH MY GOD........tell me i didnt forget to reconnect the control horn.......wow just wow...... when i reinstalled the tail acces door i really forgot to reconnect it. dumb. thats about all i can say.
NOTE: this plane will fly with just one elevator operational........not recomended but it CAN be done.
4th flight
MUCH MUCH better. what a rocket, all i really did was low passes and high speed fly bys. honestly thats all i wanted to do. just hearing that thing honk by was sooooo satisifing. i did almost lose her several times though, this jet hates to fly slow.....thats a fact. so i safely put her down cause i thought i would be running a bit low on fuel, well it wasnt, it still had 3/4 of a tank left. no biggie, we shall leave intact!!!!!!!
my opinion of this plane:
This is NOT A TRAINER!!!!!!!!!!! i know that this has already been established in other posts but i thought i would say it agian..........new guys stay away. it is a handful to fly and it glides as good as a buick skylark. for anyone who does know how to fly and is thinking about getting this plane my advise to you is GET ONE. it is such a rush to fly its not even funnny. the engine that i have installed seems like a perfect fit, she screams.
overall i cant wait to take it out again, there will be some much needed tweaking done to the flight controls but thats no biggie.
good luck all and happy flying!!!!
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