I wanted to test fly my Pica 1/5th Waco today in preperation for an IMAA fly in over Memorial Day weekend. I broke in the engine (OS 120 4stroke) last week and she ran fine. Went to the field today, fueled up, ran through my checklist and taxied out. I gave myself a lot of run way, full elevators, and advanced the throttle. The Waco tracked straight down the runway and lifted off the ground. It flew beautifully, very scale, very slow and needed no trim adjustments. Circled the field a few times, set myself up for landing,cut back on the throttle and settled it in for a perfect landing.
It looks beautiful in the air but flies a little too slow for my liking. I know that it's not a Pitts or an Ultimate but I would like a little more speed. Tomorrow I'll fly it with a 16/8 instead of the 15/6 and see if there's a noticable difference
The plane is just magnificent lookingi and was well worth the time and effort
Jeff