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Old 04-20-2011 | 01:37 PM
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Default RE: Another Skymaster Viper

Well... After a long wait due to lack of time, bad weather and above all the canopy issue I maidened mine today among with a re-maiden of a friend of mine. All went very well, the VJ is a great machine and the biggest difficulty on flying it is believing how a big and heavy airplane can land so slow. Most time of the flight was at 1/2 throttle with the Rhino.

And what I liked about it:

- How smooth it flies
- How nice looking is, and very visible is it on air due to size and paint scheme.
- How easy is to land, presuming you do it slowly.
- It flies as good or better than a sport job, but it´s scale.

and what I didn´t:

- Very thin plastic canopy, warped, cracked and above all the lack of peace of mind for flying it at higher speeds due to this.
- Lack of a engine hatch for better monitoring the engine start and cooldown.
- Pain in the back after removing the car seats,hauling the plane to the club, two workbenchs, etc.
- The fact that this is not a exclusive airplane, so I can´t impress my friends saying this is a very special limited produced in very small numbers signature series unique jet.

By the way Anton, wish to congratulate you by this fantastic airplane you produce in your country.

Enrique


ps.
in the pic I really look dumbfounded... taken right after the maiden. haha
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