New Sport Jet: T-One Models Mini Fortune / Mini T1
01-06-2019, 09:42 PM
#852
Mine is finally ready to maiden, took the rainy weekend this weekend and finished it up. I’m not too worried about any aspect of flight but when I’m setting up for landing what throttle setting roughly am I going to be at on base leg and final at full flaps? I’m running the recommended flap settings of 45 and 65mm. Am I going to be carrying power on final or am I going to be at idle. I will have plenty of jet buddies there for the maiden just wondering what to expect.
01-07-2019, 05:53 AM
#853
Mine is finally ready to maiden, took the rainy weekend this weekend and finished it up. I’m not too worried about any aspect of flight but when I’m setting up for landing what throttle setting roughly am I going to be at on base leg and final at full flaps? I’m running the recommended flap settings of 45 and 65mm. Am I going to be carrying power on final or am I going to be at idle. I will have plenty of jet buddies there for the maiden just wondering what to expect.
01-07-2019, 06:36 AM
#855
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Correct...
Once I'm at full flaps with gear down, My throttle is typically about 1/3-1/2. I'm going to idle pretty much as I make my last turn to line up with the runway and she glides in. Sometimes I have to add just a touch or bump of power at the very end to keep it nice and smooth.
Once I'm at full flaps with gear down, My throttle is typically about 1/3-1/2. I'm going to idle pretty much as I make my last turn to line up with the runway and she glides in. Sometimes I have to add just a touch or bump of power at the very end to keep it nice and smooth.
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01-08-2019, 06:01 AM
#857
01-08-2019, 06:54 AM
#859
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cheers for the info, does anyone own the T1 2m and mini and how do they compare in flying performance ? I am assuming the mini just feels a bit fast in flight and landing
01-09-2019, 02:45 PM
#861
I have a regular T1 and two T1 minis, they all fly about the same as long as you set the throws and CG proportionally the same. The mini does not feel faster during landing to me, it does feel a little faster around the traffic pattern but that's probably just because its smaller in size. Also, they both flair about the same during the landing. My T1 is about 36lbs full of fuel at take-off with a K160, both of my minis are just shy of 21lbs full of fuel, both have K85.
01-11-2019, 04:34 PM
#864
Happy to report I had two successful flights including the maiden today. Two clicks of right and one click of down was all it took. Flys very similar to the warbird race planes I’ve flown. I was expecting more speed with the 85 but after I landed people said it was hauling *****. It always seems slower when you’re the pilot I’ve noticed. CG seemed fine to me at 206 I don’t have any intentions to change it for now. I would have flown more but everybody was ready to go since it was cold and there was a breeze. Overall very happy!
I am going to change out the factory ball links, too much slop.
I am going to change out the factory ball links, too much slop.
Last edited by camss69; 01-11-2019 at 06:25 PM.
01-11-2019, 07:14 PM
#865
Happy to report I had two successful flights including the maiden today. Two clicks of right and one click of down was all it took. Flys very similar to the warbird race planes I’ve flown. I was expecting more speed with the 85 but after I landed people said it was hauling *****. It always seems slower when you’re the pilot I’ve noticed. CG seemed fine to me at 206 I don’t have any intentions to change it for now. I would have flown more but everybody was ready to go since it was cold and there was a breeze. Overall very happy!
I am going to change out the factory ball links, too much slop.
I am going to change out the factory ball links, too much slop.
01-11-2019, 09:58 PM
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Happy to report I had two successful flights including the maiden today. Two clicks of right and one click of down was all it took. Flys very similar to the warbird race planes I’ve flown. I was expecting more speed with the 85 but after I landed people said it was hauling *****. It always seems slower when you’re the pilot I’ve noticed. CG seemed fine to me at 206 I don’t have any intentions to change it for now. I would have flown more but everybody was ready to go since it was cold and there was a breeze. Overall very happy!
I am going to change out the factory ball links, too much slop.
I am going to change out the factory ball links, too much slop.
01-14-2019, 10:59 AM
#869
Happy to report I had two successful flights including the maiden today. Two clicks of right and one click of down was all it took. Flys very similar to the warbird race planes I’ve flown. I was expecting more speed with the 85 but after I landed people said it was hauling *****. It always seems slower when you’re the pilot I’ve noticed. CG seemed fine to me at 206 I don’t have any intentions to change it for now. I would have flown more but everybody was ready to go since it was cold and there was a breeze. Overall very happy!
I am going to change out the factory ball links, too much slop.
I am going to change out the factory ball links, too much slop.
01-14-2019, 01:10 PM
#870
My Feedback: (19)
Congrats on the maiden! I flew mine a few times this past weekend and after reviewing the log file (Jeti) the max speed I attained was only 193km/hr (~125mph). Like you, I felt it was not that fast but the crowd said the same as your crowd (they thought it was fast). I did not do any full throttle passes so I'm sure mine is capable of more speed, however I'm thinking I might be able to squeeze 150 mph (straight and level). I've seen others post much higher speeds and I am not sure how they are getting speeds in the 180mph range, in a shallow dive maybe? Tom
01-14-2019, 01:14 PM
#871
A lot of the speeds people post are GPS maximums. GPS averages over a time are pretty good but the max speed at one time can get caught by an error. Example, if you are flying a north heading and it reads you 20 feet further south than actual and a second later the next reading is 20 feet to the north of actual you will get an erroneous max speed reading. Again, an average over 30 seconds or a minute will be pretty accurate but if you are landing and getting a max speed reading that is just from a couple data points it will be erroneous.
01-14-2019, 01:19 PM
#872
My Feedback: (19)
Makes sense, I’ll be adding gps to mine at some point, I’m not too concerned with how fast it will go but might as well find out what she will do. It should be pretty easy to tell if there’s a glitch causing an erroneous reading with the Jeti data logging. I’d like to do other things first like get the gyro dialed in..
01-14-2019, 04:41 PM
#873
I have air speed on all my jets. I honestly don't know even how accurate that is. I mainly use it for appraoch and landing. I really don't care how accurate as long as repeatable. I find stall and then set my approach speed accordingly. If my stall reading is 40mph and it is really 35 or 45 I don't care as long as I get the same reading every time. If I want to know how fast my plane is I get out the radar gun and do upwind and downwind passes.
