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Old 09-19-2005 | 07:59 AM
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Default RE: Seagull Harmon Rocket

MM - You specifically mentioned that yours floats. If you could assign that characteristic to a brick, then you could say mine floats. I wonder if it is a question of all up weight? Mine has to be moving well to have any control. With the large elevator, I can make the up travel 110%, and still can't get a flair for touchdown. It either flies, or drops. I have left the aileron throw to 75%, it is very sensitive to ailerons. I also noticed, one but not both of the wing tips curve up at the trailing edge. I thought it was some kind of method of washout or something, but yesterday I looked at the wingtips while I was wiping it down and found that difference in them. I have an 11x5 on it, but have an 11x7 and an 11x8 waiting, but since I can't get it to slow down without falling out of the sky,( it fell out of the sky at about 80 feet, it took that long to recover partially before it pancaked into the weeds with no damage) I don't need to use more than my 220ft runway to land on. I am thinking about decommissioning it. A fighter would have less hassles.