ORIGINAL: Malcolm Kay

first flight was an almost disaster because I was told to programme in 5% down elevator with first stage flap , as I took off all was good till I relaxed up elevator and the plane stood on its nose and looked for something to hit....... i managed to get the flap switched off and recovered but found the aircraft much too sensative to any input,,, such small movements of the surfaces are needed even with 40 % expo but to my surprise the landing was uneventful and I lived to fly again..... second flight was more or less OK, but still out of trim but flyable..again landing was a doddle with the flaps fully deployed and and the brakes on,...... but I managed to spin it on the roll out and flat spot one tire badly... the spin was caused by one tire rubbing on the strut on full compression and tearing a grove all round the side circumference.... cure was a 1/4 washer behind the brake drum to push the whole assembly away from the strut just enough to clear it..... Haven't done much more to it since but still learning what the bird is capable of...................malcolm kay

ORIGINAL: Malcolm Kay

Kevin , your quite right about first flights at events, but I did ask permission and got it, but I do take your point.....it would have been a pity to have all those Comp- arf bods there and not take advantage of them, at least it didn't go the way of someone else's lightning........