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Old 05-17-2006 | 07:22 AM
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Default RE: modeltech maiden flight

Hi pilots,

well, I tested the model with 4 flights. I have to admit that not all went good. The second landing was to hard, and the gear rails came off.

I also removed the downtrust and now (flight 3 and 4) I can do loop with easy.

the model is strong, and it glides really good. during my last 2 flight, I suffered engine problems, with the final result of 2 deadstick landing. the first one I was able to land near the runway. the last one over the stone! the only damage was some monokote ripped off, but no other damage.

here are the picture of an improvment for scale apparence: I putted a dummy radial engine in front of the cowl. It is supported by 4 screw, so I can remove it if necessary. I found the image of Wasp engine here:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...&page=27&pp=15

now I need to fuelproof it

Alessandro
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