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Old 12-30-2002 | 07:59 PM
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Default Joss Stick Motor

I have an MDS 148 on mine. I fly in Denver at 6000' above sea level. Nice vertical.

Plane is turned upside down. It's a low-wing taildragger.

Had to add a bit of down thrust in the engine after I turned it over. The firewall has about 1 degree of downthrust built into it. So, when I turned the plane upside down, I needed about 2 degrees of downthrust to correct it.

I placed some hard plywood in the saddle where the horizontal stab is supposed to be. I mounted a Klett tailwheel. I glued the horizontal stab to the top of the plane where the tailwheel would have mounted; had I not flipped things.

Dual elevator servos and pull-pull rudder.

It's pretty cool. Flies nice, but kinda heavy at 10 pounds.