Well, bad news and good news…

The Gee Bee flew fine with the 30cc gas modification. The bad news is that it fell out of the air… literally from about 4 feet of altitude and crashed catastrophically. I have viewed the video many times and I can’t figure out why. Plenty of forward speed, etc… the only thing is that we had moderate gusty winds and it could have flown through a microburst or the wind died… no telling. I am debating getting another. It flies like a dream… much better than my Kyosho Z model from a stability standpoint. It did not feel twitchy… the Kyosho kit is to a degree. The difference is the size and weight I’m sure.

The plane is beautiful in the air. I’ll keep you posted on what I will do. One thing is certain… I will switch back to glow and keep the heavy wing loading down… I don’t think that contributed to the accident but more weight hits harder than less when the ground jumps up into the flight path like it did. I am going to fly my Kyosho this weekend just to get the Gee Bee bug again after the letdown of the crash.

John