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Old 10-14-2010 | 04:30 PM
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Default RE: Phoenix Strega flaps


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My flight area is about 2 acres and heavyly wooded so I have about 150 feet to land this plane coming over 30 feet high trees. so as soon as I clear the trees I cut the throttle off and by the time it decends I dont have a choice but give throttle to climb for a second try. If I can use spoilerons I can drop the plane out of the sky down to 5 6 feet high then I can use the limited runway that I have. I dont know its just hard for me to land this plane. wish I was living in an area with no trees and a huge runway.


This is the problem your flight area is totally inadaquate for this airplane. This is a great airplane I have flown, raced and tested litterally dozens of them specifically for pylon racing with engines from .46 to 1.10. I highly recommend it as a first warbird and as first warbird racer however it is not a park flyer and if you keep trying to use the spot you described it will not last long.

That airplane will not work there.

John