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Old 05-06-2005 | 10:21 AM
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Default RE: Mass blancing ailerons

Yea Dick, I guess we work hard and play hard, which makes it a bit tough on our planes but thats the way we like it! Maybe when I retire, I'll settle down with a nice Sig Rascal and potter round the sky.

What we both didnt mention was that the motors were brand new on these planes and as such, were running coarser props to keep the load on (the GMS/Webra tend to richen up in flight otherwise, the Moki transitioning after only 2 tanks is also a bit poor) and need to keep the revs up a bit to reduce the chances of flameout. This obviousely makes it even trickier to stay within the recommended speed range.

We could laugh or cry about this, but at the end of the day, its all about having fun, keeping it safe and taking responsibility for ones actions, however insane they may appear to be at the time! Each new plane I build/fly is a new learning experience, sometimes in an unexpected area such as this F90 flutter saga. Im actually enjoying the challenge of increasing the flight envelope for this thing even though the test flights are fairly disasterous at this stage, all good stuff!!!

Anyway, dont wanna get too philosophical, lets go FLY!!!!

PS thats a nice plane Dick, wing reminds me of my ol Electrostreak, kinda looks 'right'...!