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Old 03-26-2006 | 09:25 PM
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Default RE: Hangar 9 Twist 3D

No Twisting from this end. I was doing some yard work on a nice day when Bill comes by with his Flyin' King to re-maiden. If you remember, the covering peeled off a wing last time. This time I commented that the elevator throw looked kind of skimpy. He said it was exactly what the manual called for so off I went. I was having a hard time trimming it, and after a few circles decided to land. I circled around and pointed the nose down. As it neared the ground, I tried to level off for a touch down and the lack of throw kept me from leveling off in time and I hit the prop and bounced to a stop. No damage, but I found out why I was having trouble trimming. One of the aileron control rods had come loose. The other side was almost falling off. The 1/2" throw called for on the elevator turned out to be about 1/4". I fixed that and he will re-work the contol rods and we'll try it again. The one thing that went well was the O.S. .91 Surpass. Prime and a couple flips and chuga chuga chuga. Fine engine.