djay
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Joined: 3/21/2003
From: Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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I brought one a couple of months ago, very dubious at first but it was very cheap.
I had a brand new saito 1.25 I fitted.
Few problems assembling it, the rudder horn bolts were shorter then the thickness of the rudder, and the engine mount was a nightmare to assemble, slight lack of instructions.
But it went together fairly well, I fitted two elevator servos, instead of the one with the forked rod, as I found the rod was binding excessivly, and as it is a big bird I felt happier with two. I fitted another servo rail behind the excisting servo plate and mounted the two new servos in the centre of the fuse on the plate and rail.
The retracts were a little fiddly to set up but do work well.
One of the first things to do is junk the 3 wheels that come with the kit, they are a soft sponge and cannot take the weight of the plane. They go flat and out of shape when the plane sits on the ground.
The engine fired up first flick but it is a real bone shaker and keeps shaking the cowling loose. The exhaust exits inside the cowling so I fitted a 1 inch dia piece of plastic pipe on the firewall exiting the cowl and the engine exhaust points into this pipe so the exhaust is ducted outside, works very well.
I was very dubious about flying this big plane , but she tracked beautifully down the runway and lifted off so gently. With gear up she flies like a trainer, so niceley it is a pleasure to fly. You can let go of the sticks and she just flies like on rails , straight as a die, a gentle nudge of the stick has her banking in big wide turns so smoothly.
If you can fly a basic trainer you can easily handle this plane, in fact you could learn to fly on it, stalls are non excistent, landings are a doddle with or without flaps.
You will need to programme down elevator into the flaps as she pitches sharply up when they are deployed, but keep the power up and she floats in so gently.
The gear is very strong and takes the weight of the plane easily.
All in all this is a superb aircraft and has real prescence in the air, I am so pleased with it, and with the saito growling away almost sounds real.
The main downer is the thickness of the wood in the nose, it is worth glueing additional sheting inside before fitting the tank, on the fuse sheeting betwen the stringers to reinforce the area. Soak loads of cyano into the cowl mount blocks, exposed frames and formers, and fuel proof the front half of the aircraft and she will last a long time.
The covering is a tough as old boots , but in the heat here it does wrinkle a bit, but easily sorted with an iron, besides when does a real warbird look pristine?
All I can say, is buy one, you will not be disappointed.
Darryl
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I used to land in English cow poo, now I land in Camel poo. Plane still smells the same though.
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(maybe next year). It's a nice model, but the canopy is a little on the big side, and the cowling is soft, but I like it. I 
