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Old 06-15-2005 | 11:55 AM
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Zaquron
 
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Default RE: Flair/Jamara Leo Build...


ORIGINAL: Dave03B
ps. anyone flying one of these at the moment? would like to hear what it's like to fly, any inflight shots would be good to see.
Hello Dave

I have a Leo with a TT120RP installed in it.
The plane flies quite well with the stock settings, but the CG needs to be moved back a bit to make it fly like it should.
It rolls on a line and stays in knife edge using rudder only. Spins are easy, you don't even have to use aileron.
Verticals are not a problem if the engine is in the right mood..
To be honest this engine is a piece of crap.
I aready had to repair the pump (airleak at the high pressure side) and replace the screw that holds the rotating part (barell maybe?) of the carb.
I'm using a MenzS 15*10 and it's adequate. I had to install bigger wheels to take off from grass, but if you have a paved runway the original landing gear will suffice.
Because of some deadstick landings in tall grass i had to rebuild the area holding the landing gear.
If i knew that it was made of paperlike plywood, i would have done it prior to maiden.
First i had a holder for the exhaust pipe just like yours. It lasted only a few minutes before it parted from the wing.
Now i'm using something that is a lot more elastic.
You can see some pictures on my "website" at http://zaquron.fw.hu

Regards,
Zaquron

BTW according to my calculations the CG should be at about 170mm (mine is @ 165mm now with some lead in the tail)