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Old 03-11-2012 | 12:55 PM
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From: BloemfonteinFree State, SOUTH AFRICA
Default RE: JAS-39 Gripen Owners/Build Thread

Great Scott

Was good to see you're still in the air.
I went flying today, but the weather turned out disastrous. I bent the pin on the nose strut. When I took off in dead calm weather all was fine. Suddenly havoc broke loose and the wind started pumping like mad like before a rain storm. Anyway, I tried to get some better rollouts by taking out 50 grams from of the nose. Fault! The plane did not like that. Even in the bad windy conditions I could tell it was CG. The nose did not want to come down on the landing. To high all the time as soon as you bring the power down. So I will go back to 145mm from the leading edge. Lucky no other damage.

Still one of the biggest experiences to fly a Gripen.

Pierre