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Old 09-18-2005 | 05:09 PM
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Default RE: Seagull Harmon Rocket

I wish someone else would post how this thing flies. This thing will just not slow down for landings. I also find the tendency to flip over sideways in a crosswind to be fairly disturbing. I have 2 Alpha's,one conventional, one modified with no dihedral in the wing, and it's a taildragger, an LT-40, and a Tiger 60 taildragger, and I can take these off in a 5 - 10 mph crosswind without too much pucker factor. Ok, the LT-40 does blow around some, but it's a kite anyway. The Harmon wants to just flip 90 away from the wind just as soon as there is enough speed to get the wheels to leave the ground. It has that same tendency in the air, and on approaches, it causes me concern. If you can fly it and land it at half throttle you should be ok. If it's calm out, and you get it slowed to where it looks like should be setting up for landing, it starts that wobble that lets you know you are on the bloody edge of losing it to a tip stall. Maybe I just got one that wasn't right, but everything looks ok, and it is a sharp looking plane. . . . .