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Old 05-09-2004 | 03:48 AM
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Default RE: ESM 57' extra

WOW...What a plane. This thing flys awsome,words just do it enough..

After all the club members stoped looking at it and asking questions it was time to put her out on the grass to get some last minute photos then it was time to fill er up.

The control throws i put in were 15mm for the ailrons,manual was 10mm.Elevator was 18 from 12mm and rudder was all i could get wich was about 45' and the manual only wanted 15mm.

On firering it up the needle was set to give full power now the 50SX has had 7 tanks through it.On the taxi out to the strip the ground is abit rough but the plane handled it with ez.On the line up at the end of the strip all controls were checked again and then the power was fed on and she took off down the strip like a rocket,tracked dead straight and at 15m she lifted off and needed 4clicks of down and 3 of right on the ailerons and that was it to get level flight.After two circuts i tryed to roll and it is very fast and rolls on its axis,slow rolls are just the same just slow, there was no roll out at the top of loops and stall turns are the best ive ever done(maybe the huge throw on the rudder).

About 5mins in i got up high and slowed it down to a landing speed to see if it would tip stall but it just putted along happly and just kept flying.First landing was a 2 in one afair as i put to much elevator in to flair and it took off again and ended up rolling into the long grass on the side of the strip and fliped at slow speed.No damage but one of the wheel pants split where the two halfs are joined at the front but a bit of CA will fix that.

Plane flys great,i flew it mosty at 1/2 throttle with a 11x6 to get the feel of it as its realy fast with full throttle and it doesnt take long to be down the other end of the feild.Vertical is awsome,Snap rolls are beutifull,the only thing i didnt try was inverted but im sure it will be able to do it with no fuss..

I'm one very happy chappy,and the 2.30am finish this morning to get it ready for today was worth it.Exelent plane.
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