Originally Posted by
TPerk
This will be my first real jet and I am looking forward to flying her with the K T 120, the 120 puts out 27lbs of thrust so taking off a grass field should not be a problem, I think.
May I ask how much flap do you use for landing, does she slow down good for landing, or do you need to come in hot and fast. Any advice on land or any thing else you care to add would be great. Here is the lay out of the inside my Turbinator the large air tank takes up a lot of room in the front of the
plane.
I see one reason you needed more weight to balance than mine, I used a smaller air tank and put it under the radio plate, just in front of the fuel tank. It sticks into the inlets a bit but not much. By doing this I was able to mount my UAT at the very front of the main hatch area. Since I should always land with that full I balanced with it full. You won't have any issues.
Mine is 23lbs (I think) with 19lbs of thrust and takes off in about 200' off grass, you will have no problem. I used the throws from the manual (half flaps on take off) and if you come in hot you're going around unless you have a thousand feet or more to slow down. I fly my base leg at 1/3 to 1/2 throttle (you'll probably use less as you have more power), come across the end of the runway 10' or so high, cut power to idle and have the plane stopped, w/o brakes, by the middle of our 700' grass runway. The Turbinator is tied with my baby boomerang for the easiest to fly jet I've ever flown.