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Old 07-08-2004 | 10:31 PM
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Default RE: Gee Bee Kyosho

So flew my Gee Bee with the 82a saito.. What a great combo that is. Everything went great with the flights. Had 6 on it... Went back to fly it again... My radio went bad. Baught a JR 8103 and set it all up. Went to take my first flight on the Gee Bee and something was really BAD!!! Think the battery came loose and went to the back of the plane. IT was totaly tail heavy. After take off it was super sensative. It wouldn't fly level. It would dive straight down and I would save it and it would go straight into a climb. Touch the alerons and it would snap over out of control... Talk about a ride from HELL. From a great flying plane to the worst nightmare flight I have ever had. A friend of mine was next to me and I told him there was NO Way I was getting this thing down with out totally trashing it. Any how after about 8 min of pure Hell I managed to get it under some control with using only the rudder and throttle for control. Any touching of the elivator or alerons and it would snap out or dive out of control. Landed it but it touched down hard and the wheel pants grabed and slamed over hard. Totalled the wheel pants and loosed up the gear area. Also broke loose the ply where the wing attaches. All is put back together except for the wheel pants have to order a new set... Any how all is well. Most there couldn't beleive I got it down without totalling it... Just a story to share.
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