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Old 02-03-2014 | 10:16 AM
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I have one of those too. It looks great in the air.

Having the thrust line so low makes for some harrowing takeoffs and power ups.

I've pushed the throttle up for takeoff, only to have the plane flip over on it's back as soon as it became airborn.

At least now I know to bring the throttle up gradually as it lifts off. Once normally flying speeds are established the thrust line is far less of a problem.

Must be nice flying off the dry lake bed... Does anyone call a pattern direction?

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One annoying "feature" with those gears is the lack of the lockdown berg screws. The gear do not come with it.

Fortunately I have on hand a large set of metric wheel collars that have the right size screws I can cannibalize.

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