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Old 10-08-2003 | 09:40 PM
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Default RE: Profile Pitts Model 12 Complete and Hovering.....

Got an opportunity to go out and fly this thing again. Hovered lower and longer this time...never took anything over 1/3 throttle to hold altitude. Bigger planes do hover better (I normally fly .25 size or smaller stuff)
Anyway, I really like the knife edge flight on the thing, and high alpha rolling is fun with it too. Have not yet figured out how to get an inverted flat spin just right yet, but I will eventually.....

I also got an opportunity to get the plane on a scale finally. It weighs in at 4 pounds 2 ounces. I guess that is pretty OK for a .46 size plane, but I don't really have anything to compare it to.

Keith/Gator, we will have to get it out weekend after next. I am takin' the wife to the mountains this weekend (first vacation to somewhere besides my parent's in a couple of years). Jack E. offered up that he had an unused 6xas on mode 2 that I could borrow and set up for the plane. We will see what we can do with that : )