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Old 05-06-2005 | 08:24 AM
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Default RE: Mass blancing ailerons

Dick are you telling me that a Moki 1.35 with a 8 pitch prop running rich at 1/3 throttle on a 10 degree descent into the landing circuit is too much for the plane? Im shocked! But not surprised really looking at the minimalist build of the plane... Ive got some 17X5 APCs on the way to slow things down, and I promise i'll excersise my left thumb a bit more next time! I guess our flight performance requirements should have included medium speed flight as well when looking for a 3Der. I still feel a certain amount of extra engineering in the wing dept, is required to allow boneheads like me to at least get a couple of flights in before planting it!

Its odd how my Uproar 40 just loves to dive at full throttle (Irvine 40) in combat, and even my Green Models 72" LAser 200 nicely overpowered with an OS1.60 regularly survives an 80% throttle dive on strafing the runway with an 18X8 apc....

Oh well, whats a nice replacement 3Der for a Moki1.35 that wont break up in mid air??