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Old 08-20-2012 | 11:45 AM
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Default RE: SIMLA BUILD THREAD

ORIGINAL: UStik
Yes, and it is an especially well suited one (remember it's an aerobatic motorglider).
Remember I said the engine quit on a flight at a VR/CS, (Vintage R/C Society) event and the pilot was narrating as the plane descended...first he said it wouldn't make it to the runway...then he said maybe...and by the time it reached the small 50 foot "hard surface pad", the Simla touched down within the pad as several onlookers were cheering it on. [8D] See post #784 on page 32 for a picture as Simla landed nose-high in a beautiful touch-down.

Simla DOES like to glide.

Duane