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Old 08-31-2004 | 08:41 PM
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Default Thing 1 loves it!

Finally after not flying for over a week (weather, wind and rain), I got to maiden the Twist and fly my Arrow after the repair.
Weird thing happened on the Arrow. Was up on the 2nd flight and was up for about 5 minutes when engine quit. Now I know it had
a full tank of fuel! I softly landed it in high grass. Upon inspection, I noticed the fuel pickup line was off the needle valve nipple!!!
Geesh, what a nipple head!!!! No damage and I flew it again. Then, came the Twist! Never tried a tail dragger but it took off at
just about 60 to 70 degrees up. I had to give it about 4 clicks of down. I have the low rates on this plane set at 3/4 inch servo travel.
So, ailerons were okay (also had about 25% of expo on the ailerons). Uh, the Twist flies much more differently than the Arrow! And,
the plane is also faster even though it has .46 engine. All I did with the plane was a few loops. I want to get used to it before I try other stuff. Had 3 flights with it. Thing 1 turned out to be a good pilot!!! Below are the pics...

Dave...
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