This evening i flew a tank through my old trainer (tiger trainer mk2)

I haven't flown anything with any power since January, just slope, and it has just been through a re-fit as i had a little accident with the engines previous plane about a year ago... [:-]

First go at starting, no compression "what could be the problem", fiddled with the plug etc. all the engine parts seems tight enough (no allan keys with me though) so i had to admit defeat, came home and rechecked the engine only to find i hadn't tightened the head down after i rebuilt it , oopsy

Back to the field, fired it up pretty much first go, tuned the engine, lots of oomph, pointed it into wind taxied out a bit and gave it some welly and we're airborne, 1 slow steady lap soon gave way to full chat loops and passes.
I'd been flying 3d the last year, so it was nice to get some speed, even if it is only a trainer. And that old Irvine .40 2-stroke does sound nice, lol


Was a little nervy just before take off, as I'd spent most of the last 3 days cleaning it up and fitting all the gubbins back in, but once i could see it was flying right i was fine


Or in other words, alot of us who have been flying for a good few years still get a little nervy if we've not flown for a while , it's only natural