I took the Spit out again this morning. This time I removed the landing gear. It's easy to do. They slide right out of the mounts. It made for a big increase in performance. The lack of drag at first caused a tendency to climb but three clicks of down elevator trim compensated for that. I was able to perform loops although not the gentle open ones the Carbon Cub will do. Rolls are fast and linear. I should probably mention that I was flying in winds with gust to around 10 mph. The plane would scream downwind and then slow on an upwind pass but would still bore ahead quite well. It still demanded 3/4 throttle most of the time so flight times were still limited but at least it flew like a warbird. I'm liking it better and better.

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