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Old 02-09-2013 | 02:59 PM
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Nice day and I got the longer landing gear made for it so I took it out in the street for a ground handling test. It was all over the place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![&:] Sure glad I made the custom wing tips just for the ground looping. I didn't loop it but it got close. I was asked about the weight so I stuck it on my fish scale, you know all fisherman are liars except you and me and I'm not sure about you, the scale said it's right on 3 pounds or 48 ounces. It is a heavy little thing and on the ground it did take quite a bit of power to get it moving. Once the wheels loosened up a bit the ground handling got a bit better. Still, it's going to be one of those planes I want to get off the ground as fast as I can!!