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Old 09-26-2003 | 09:15 AM
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Default RE: Bill Evans Simitar

Pedro:

I forgot to thank you for the instrs. on how to post pics. Everything worked fine once I discovered which buttons to push. Pics were taken with an Olympus C2100, an AWESOME camera.

The plane is covered with UltraCote. Engine is a Magnum XL .46, and the prop is an APC 11-1/2 x 4. This setup provides unlimited vertical performance and a top speed in level flight between 50 and 60 mph.

The wing cores are from 2" blue building foam. The cone on the rear of the fuse. is an old spinner with 4 oz. of lead shot - required to get the C.G. right (the plane was originally designed for a .21 engine).

The wing incidence HAS to be slightly positive when sitting on the gear, or the plane will NOT rotate for takeoff. In flight it is extremely stabile and large loops require no aileron correction. Landings are a joy, with a quite high angle of attack at touchdown, and the elevons are responsive right down to stall making the plane very controllable at slow speeds. Roll rate on high aileron rate is so fast you can't count 'em, but on low rate with a little expotential added it's extremely docile. Inverted flight takes a moderate amount of elevator, but otherwise it flies just as good inverted as right side up.

The only "negative" to this design has to be the fact that (with no rudder) it is somewhat limited as to what aerobatics it will perform.

Frothingslosh