FLIGHT REPORT

I put ten flights on the P-7 today. The only reason that I quit is that I burned all of my fuel. I will skip a long detailed flight review, and summarize with if you do not score well in a contest with this airplane it is because you need more practice. That being said, here are a couple of highlights:

I forgot what a pleasure takeoffs, landings and driving on the ground are with a nosedragger. The supplied fixed gear works great, making for smooth takeoffs, as well as greased on landings, even when landing hot downwind deadstick landings. Speaking of the fixed gear, I cannot honestly say that the absence of retractable gear is a big bummer with this airframe. For those flying SPA, this is good news. Flame suit on.

Roll coupling I.E. knife edge is nil.

Rolls, point rolls, slow rolls, etc are easy to make look good.

Robert's recommendation: Set your aileron high rate at the instruction books low rate setting. Use a throw meter graduated in degrees. Set your mid and low rate at 85% and 70%, then adjust to your personal taste based upon flight tests. Set up the elevator and rudder per the book specifications.

It just looks awesome in the air.

Huge gratitude to Hangar 9 for bringing this airplane to the market. Thanks guys.

I am going back out tomorrow. After all, it is Father's day, and I can do as I please. Happy Father's day to you all.

-Robert