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Old 09-07-2005 | 01:43 PM
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Default RE: Bi-planes

As said above, a bit of experience is necessary. Has Quirks all its own. Steers much better with rudder, so you'd better be good with the left stick. With CG in the right place, Knife edges with ailerons only, just to keep the wings vertical. No rudder input needed. Steer it around with the elevator. Some mods I did were to move the holes where the LG legs go through the wing 3/4 of an in. forward. as ot flips over on landing in the grass with any landing. Did away with all the carbon fibre wing rods and used dental floss instead. Little 1/2 in sq. patches of 1/64 ply where they go through the wing. A real funplane