Originally Posted by
flywilly
That looks like a USA Star in the background of the first photo. What changes were made to the Excalibur 2 in the 3rd photo?
the EU-1A was the first truly jet-like pattern ship. The Excalibur was much sexier and, in my opinion, a better flying airplane.
The good old days…..
All of the photos are of the same airplane.
The EU1-A flew great but in my opinion had a vertical (Z axis) cg problem which affected the uplines. I messed around with engine thrust and weight distribution but in the end you just had to fly through it. But I loved the EU1-A
The Excalibur’s weakness was sitting still in Buffeting wind. I really wanted to experiment with some solutions for that but I stopped flying pattern before I could solve it.