News from the flightline- Took the plunge and tried to fly it today.
1) wing generates huge amount of lift, so much so that it lifted off
after about 40 feet of roll-out.
2) Unprepared for such a quick jump, I tip stalled to the left (torque)
3) Totally pilot error..not inherant plane problem.
4) Here's the fun part.. The firewall separated from the fuselage clean...
like it was tack glued. I *****ed for a minute about hot-glue or something
but then I looked and had a plane that had survived a 10-15 foot tip stall to
asphalt, no fuselage damage other than a smashed up canopy
(it was cracked from the box anyhow) and a easily repaired firewall.
I have epoxyed the firewall back in place and will remount the engine
tomorrow,
When I began repairs I discovered that the firewall is
HOT-GLUED to the fuse. I'm no chemical engineer but is that stuff strong enough
to stand a .91 pulling it's guts out and flying stresses?
p.s. the TT.91RFS is a darn good engine, 9870 with a 14x6 Kseries MAS prop,
that's after less than a gal through it.
Whew
p.s. don't try and take off with the aeilerons in flaperon mode--bad things