RE: Hotspot questions
Gary,
I got my first seven HOTSPOT flights at Superman last week. These are also my first turbine flights period. I got a bit nervous on the first flight and had to do a go around, the Mercury spooled right back up and after I got the airbrake down and caught my breath, I went back to the other end and forgot to put the airbrake out again, the landing was kinda hot and I bounced it and ended up out in the grass which hurt the gear struts. but after spending the rest of Friday accumulating enough strut parts to get it repaired I flew six more times on Saturday and Sunday. Every landing was nearly perfect and I was able to throttle up it they apppeared too slow and reduce the sink rate. I was coming to idle on the Mercury, as I finished turn three into the "baseleg" of the approach and then adjust the sink rate as needed to get a nice touchdown. The airbrake makes this thing a *****cat. Note the attached pic show it with P-120 which was on it before I bought it.
Regards, Roger