I bow to Mr Lynchs advice. I got a chance to slip out to our field Friday on what was a windy overcast 40 degree day. I concentrated on making slow nose high steep approches and had the most fun I have had in a while. The more I am able to fly it the more comfortable it becomes. you don't need flaps at all as the Gee Bee will slow to a crawl once you pull the nose up. As far as the power needed I am using a new Saito .56 that I am running rich and the thing is off the grass in 20 to 30 feet and will climb out at an easy 45 degree climb. The little bit of stiffness I added to the gear helped out a lot on the grass strip we fly on and even though I bent the gear back a little to get the wheel pants off of the deck I still have no problems with nose over.

As far as coupling the trim to the throttle it was not worth the trouble and I went back to just flying the thing. I am not really noticing any change in trim from full throttle to idle


Keep it light