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Old 08-25-2011, 09:14 PM
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Default RE: Seagull 1.20 PT-19

Yes, I saw it there too and ordered one. It arrived at my LHS yesterday and I will pick it up on the weekend. I will probably overpower it with an ASP 120 4-stroke.

I had the smaller CPM version and it really was a lovely looking plane. It was a bit underpowered (Saito 0.40 four stroke), but I wanted to fly it more scalish. I certainly got my wish and one had to be careful as it would drop a wingtip in an instant if one was too heavy-handed with the controls. However, I got better and was really enjoying my flying. I got too comfortable because it dropped into a spin on a poorly executed rudder turn where I bled off too much speed. Not enough power to up-elevator and blast out of the spin and not enough height to collect enough airspeed to do the same.