Originally Posted by
acdii
So question for those with this plane, what are you flying it with? I see a couple here who mentioned the engine. I might replace the FG-11 with something lighter to get a little more speed out of it. One of the reasons I lost it was not enough power. I had throttled up just as the right wing dropped, and if it were my Something Extra it would have pulled up and out, but I just could not get any airspeed.
Sorry to hear about your mishap. Hope you can get it back together.
I finally got mine airborne today. I got 4 good flights on it. Nothing bad to report. I am running a Laser 70 on 15% nitro and the engine was perfect. 9800 on the high end with 1900 on the idle. I needed a click of left aileron and a click of up trim. Ground handling was no problem on take off or landing but I do have a gyro only on the rudder. Which I definitely used it since I heard some of the bad ground handling stories here. On the take off of the third flight as the tail lifted up she flew right off the ground with no up elevator. It was a nice and smooth the roll out and not a jump up surprise. In the air she did rolls and loops like it was on rails. Overall I am happy with today's events. No video of today's flights but maybe the next time out our club camera guy will have his camera with him.