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Old 08-31-2006, 08:11 PM
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Larry Dudeck
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Default RE: Multiplex Twin Star ??? God or Bad

I had one of the earlier TwinStars. It was a good airplane for the money spent. I flew mine on stock sp400's, 8 cell NiCd, Gunther props. After a couple hundred flights I switched to a 2.33:1 gear box, new sp400's, used the biggest props I could fit.

Either way, it was a good flier.

With the smaller props it could ROG from very wet grass (had to give it a little shove to get it going), goose poop, snow, ice.

Once the front wing hold down come loose, the wing fluttered, the fuse came down like a lawn dart. It flew the next day


Like I said, it was a good plane until it was strained through a baseball diamond back stop. At the time of its demise, it had close to 300 flights