Tomriddle,

As you stated in the other post – you were right I was earlier don then you. but I had the advantage to know where everything goes.

Well the maiden flight was done Saturday around 11am. She went up and I had one click up elevator and two clicks left aileron to get the plane straight.

This airframe fly way (WAY!) better the other one. The total was three flights – first was 10 minutes followed by a nice landing. Half of fuel tank used (24oz). The second flight was a little longer and I checked all connections and wiring.

Now the third flight was unfortunately not as good as the two before. Around 5 minutes into the flight I lost the spinner cone in a straight level, half throttle pass. I saw something coming off so I made a closer pass to see what happened. I spotted the missing cone and turned around to get this plane down. In the turn to the crosswind leg the motor quit; - I got her in a dive to maintain speed and control. My decision was to set her down next to the paved runway in the grass.

Make a long story short – a bended landing gear and broken prop. After inspection of the plane= the bold of the spinner cone lost the head and while get ripped of the connecting rod bended sideways and unbalanced the engine. As soon I throttled back to idle in the turn the engine stopped.

Without any engine input the Ultimate loses altitude very fast. I’m very glad I did not lost my cool and panicked – these parts are easy to replace and most important nobody got hurt.

To make this experience right in the third flight is pretty early. But now I know how she handles with the engine out.


Happy landings[sm=thumbup.gif]
G-Pete