So I posted I while back that i picked up a old senior with a Saito 40. The gentleman I bought the senior from just had one request to video the flight so he could see the old bird fly.
well yesterday was the day. The old 40 was castored up good. It wouldn’t even idle it took several starts to finely get the old girl loosened up enough to idle. But the good old Saito spite and sputtered to life and ran good. To the amazement of the other pilots there. We all took terns flying the old senior. The 40 had just enough to pull the her around.
One comment from a young 3D pilot was “boy you have to fly the plane” I said yeah it is vary humbling to dig out a properly powered plane and fly it. I think we all loose are respect for flying because we all have that more power is good and more more power is better.
the other thing that drives these young guys crazy is how much you can do with a three channel plane. Let’s just say it was a great day in spite of the rain.