First Jet -- First Flight
Thought I'd share my first Jet experience now that my knees stopped shakin'.
Meet TAZ! He's a Yellow Starfire II. Power is a BVM 91R and Viofan unit. Had to do some modifications to the ducting and cast a new top cover to facilitate this unit. Springairs with Glennis wheels and brakes. Hitec digitals on all flight surfaces. Opted for the removable wing set up.
First flight was a bit shakey (me not the plane) and it took a while to get it trimmed out. Damn this thing is FAST. Managed to get it back to the original starting point and made an acceptable landing (arrival?) even tho I forgot to use the flaps...long run out and hard on the brakes.
Second flight was much nicer and I managed to remember to use flaps for the landing. The plane floats forever with flaps set as per the instructions. Now have the flaps set up to go about 45deg., that should slow it down some.
Highjly recommend this plane as a first jet.
Walt