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Old 10-04-2002 | 07:11 PM
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Default GP RV-4 First flights

Bushpilot this is an easy plane to fly. It will handle on the ground easier than your cub. It should fly about the same as your 4-star.
Make sure you have the elevator throws within the recomended range. It is not the easiest plane to land. Everything looks fine until you touch down. It tends to bounce easily.
I now use flaps on landings and slow down to a walking pace. You should try a bunch of stalls on your first flight to determine how slow you can fly. A word of warning. Mine drops a wing fast when it stalls so make sure you have enough speed on your landing approach.

It's not an Extra or a Cap, but is a fun Sunday type flier. It does all the outside stuff, spins well (not very flat), knife edge requires a bunch of coupling and falls out about half the legnth of our field. It looks great in the air.

Let me know how it goes