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Old 05-29-2016 | 01:58 AM
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Dave Wilshere
 
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Originally Posted by Dave Wilshere
Another great day with the Vampire, fast becoming a favourite. I added a JR 420T gyro to the rudders and in gusty/windy conditions today the Vampire is much more solid. Plenty of nice comments today and the Vampire was voted 2nd by the judges at our UK Top Gun event today. Landings in 20mph+ winds are no problem using full flap.
Although the P-120 is way too much power for normal flying, to fly at a scale speed the thrust is needed to drive the Vampire on the climbing manoeuvres.

Dw

Just noticed these pictures are exactly 5 years ago at the same venue :-)

Post 226-pixs are in a thumb nail and don't post!

Dw