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Old 09-03-2006 | 09:07 PM
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Default RE: Cermark Pitts Build/Assembly

Worse. I ran it out of fuel in a hover at less than 30 feet, in the middle of the runway. It fell on it's back, so, I went with it and dove for speed inverted, rolled with just enough room to clear the wing tips, and landed on all three at once. Bent the gear a little, and my pride, but the save made up for that. I had witnesses. It all took about 5 seconds. The plane is so light, it will save you if you give it a chance. Never give up on her.
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Yeah, this plane is going to be a lot of fun....now all I need to do is learn to fly all the maneuvers that it is capable of!! I agree, a flat out snap roll might just show you what this model is made of, literally! All that power available is really worth it, the 180 doesn't weight that much more than a 120, and at 1/2 throttle most the time I get well over 12 minutes from 18ozs of fuel. Did you ever deadstick yours?? I'll bet it comes down pretty fast...

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