Hi Guys
It has flown!
but only once [:'(]
I did not fly it myself, but my friend who is an extra ordinary pilot took the maiden flight on her
It flys great. He cruised around on half throttle. He started and landed without using flaps, just to see how it performed, after reading horror stories about those flaps
With the landing he made, it sure doesn`t seem to need them, because it came in nice and slow to a very light and beuatiful touchdown with the nose up.
But, the gear mounting plates are so poorly glued in, that they both have been torn loose to some degree.
When the plane had landed, I did not realise this had happened until I began to refuel it for next flight. I could se some strange bulges on the top skin. When I looked undernieth, I could se that both sides had been torn loose. [:@]
I just could not believe it. The landing was silk smoothe.
Im sory, But I did not take a video of it. You know how it is to mainden your plane.....you get all eager, and just want to see it fly, and forget everything else....so sorry guys
BTW, the JJ-1400 runs perfect.
Exept for the starter bendix drive. I have to re-align it, as it makes a terrible nose when spooling up
But it starts and runs great.
I found the reason why it started bad the first time. Aparently the gas and fuel valves need to have the fuel/gas in and out the correct way. But because you cant tell what is in and out, I ofcourse hooked them up backwards :-)
The pressure from the gas canister can force the valve open, if you connect the lines backwards on the valve. Thats what happened to me on the first start. I kept feeding it gas, even though the ECU had shut gas valve.
But, there was another guy at our jet meeting who had bought a JJ direct from China. This one did not run too well. There must be an unbalance in it, because when you put your finger nail on the casing while running, you can feel it vibrating. You cant feel a thing when mine is running. Also, I dont think it had the preload spring installed either. If I spun the turbine up with my finger, it would rotate for ages until it stops......none of my other turbines turn as free like that.
He will probably read this thread, and I hope he chimes in for some more infor on how it is