acerc

Ok boys and girls, here ya go. And a little forewarning, Dan got a little carried away with this one. LOL Just kiddin Dan, nice editing. I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcOCj...Cdk2tWRIuT4rgQ

WacoNut

She looked good in the air.
Looks like it lands about like my Waco. Takes a nice smooth touchdown to keep her from bouncing. Get that exhaust fixed before the big one gets there or you may not get around to it.
Later!!
Anthony

Melchizedek

Beautiful Bird, Robert

Thank you for the ride.

Kevin

VincentJ

Very well done. I enjoyed watching it. Looks good in the sky. [X(]Think you knees are knocking now wait until you build Pitt's #2!

john josey

Robert......what can I say !!! absolutely stunning job, that twin sounds super sweet and appears to have more than enough...excellent !

acerc

Thank you, Bob, David, Dennis, Anthony, Vincent, Steve, Dan, Kevin, John, and anyone else I may have missed. It has been a pleasure. And I'm sure I'll enjoy it for some time to come.

flyingagin

Awesome and far out man. She is a beaut

acerc

Ok, after watching the video a few times, and analyzing every aspect of my lackluster flying skills. Holy crap did I land that thing fast or what? I know at the time it seemed fast but holy smoke. Definitely want to get it out again just to get better at it. I would also have to say it is probably the fastest plane I currently have. It was zipping around pretty good. Which makes me feel a lot better about whether or not that CRRC 55cc would be enough. There is one weird aspect though. I had to add a lot of down trim on the ele but looking at it it is perfectly strait. And in case I did not mention it, I had not checked the balance since final mock before covering. I might do that before the weekend as well.

Cub Flyer Fresno

Well gosh!  How did I miss this?  I saw it on RCG....

hrrcflyer

Geeeeeez VJ, you beat me to it..............................LMAO ! ! ! ! ! ! ! However this raises an interesting question. Are we going to be able to watch your knees shake on your maiden flight ? ? ? ? ? ? ?...........

Hey Robert,
Don't worry about your nervous habits during the maiden flights. The last time I did a maiden, my knees shook so bad, I had to sit down so I could fly the plane and I didn't have nearly the time or the funds you have invested in yours.....LOL. Your Pitts looks AWESOME ! ! ! ! I know your flights will get better and better as time goes along. Thanks for sharing your talents with us and I'm looking forward to watching you progress on your BIG Pitts.

Take care,
David

wayne d

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Great Job Robert on the maiden. Looks like it has plenty of HP. I am planning the maiden for mine this Sunday weather permitting at Ft. Lauderdale.
FYI, for the landing, The full scale Pitts likes a full stall three point landing.

thepamster

Congrats on the completion of your project Robert. Been watching it for several months now. Beautiful plane.
It is better to land too fast than too slow. Lol. I look foward to your next, bigger, build that I will watch from the beginning.

acerc

Thank you Pamster. And thank you Wayne, and yes my thread induced doubt about this engine (power wise) is long gone. More than enough and smooth as silk.  Good luck on your maiden Wayne.

acerc

Well I got two more short flights in this morning. And during the second I figured out why it was not flying like I thought it should. Just not enough aileron throw. After returning home I went back over it and readjusted everything to get more throw in the ailerons and will go out again tomorrow and check it out. In the enclosed vid during the first flight there was no wind. In the second flight the camera man was at the end of the runway and the wind picked up. In my turns at the far end they appear as though I'm not gonna level out and fly down the runway, which is what I was attempting to do, but rather cross the field more. It was at these turns with the wind when it hit me, I don't have enough aileron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfF-Y...Cdk2tWRIuT4rgQ

WacoNut

Nice Flight Robert,
I went flying today not too far from Dayton at another club and while we were flying they had a crash at the Dayton Airshow. The pilot and the woman wing walker were killed in the crash and they shut the airshow down. I was supposed to go to the airshow but the wife decided against it as it is in the 90's and humid today. Glad we didn't go. Would have been tough explaining the crash to my 5yr old grandson.
Here is a link to the crash at Dayton if interested. [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRZixac9e6I]Dayton Airshow Crash 2013[/link]
Looks like he got the plane too slow before starting his roll.

Later!!
Anthony

Cub Flyer Fresno

Very nice Robert!  I have to remind myself that that is a scratch built plane.  That's awesome dude!  Congratulations again!

Cub Flyer Fresno

Gee Anthony, just saw that video.  That was horrible!  Yes, it's a good thing you didn't go.  That's all I can think to say right now.

wayne d

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Hey Robert
The maiden went well. I only shot video of the first flight. Kinda short, but long enough for a shake down.
No video on the second. But funny story. Second flight we were trying to beat the rain long enough to get another shake down flight.............well the winds picked up to a pretty heavy crosswind. as we were on final a big gust came along and picked up the canopy tent and started rolling it towards the runway. As luck would have it the catch fence caught the tent just as the plane touched down.
here is a short 4 min video.
I have to change the incidence of the top wing a little or put a little down thrust in the engine, I'm running to much down trim on the elevators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRf_pcLn_qo

Cub Flyer Fresno

Sweet Wayne.  Hey, doing rolls on the maiden fight, cool!

stevegauth30

Congrats to you Wayne. Looks sweet.enjoy.Steve.

acerc

Congratulations Wayne. Dino did a nice job and your plane looks great. By way of video our planes look to fly the same, although Dino is a bit better at flying it than I.

I went back out again today and it flew much better with the increased aileron throw. I also learned that when one has a fuel tank that sits cross the fuse don't knife edge further than the fuel line can support. Dead sticked it. But I got in a couple really nice flight's with some rolls, loops, stall turn's, and the one knife edge. Turned the tank around, don't want that happening again.

Again, Congratulation's on a beautiful machine.

wayne d

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Bet the dead stick got you attention real quick. Glad you made it back and all is well.

acerc

Ohhhhh........ Just a little bit. And the funny thing is, it was the  best landing I think I will ever have.

flyingagin

acerc

Thank's Ken. It is a nice flyer once things are set-up correctly. I have added the flying wires, I think they add to the appearance. And I don't think they will add to much drag, maybe be just right.