This morning I went flying. one other guy at the field with his son, having a grand time we were.. Then after the first flight of warming up.. Doing just run of the mill pattern stuff, I decided to get crazy...


I circled oh it must have been at least. 800 Feet.. the bird was just a little itty bitty thing in the sky at this point..

AND my famous last words... "Hey Watch this!".. was said...


At this point I throttled down... got the nose straight down and Full throttled... Engine races..... and out of the sky fell this bird at well.. we estimate 80+ MPH.. DIVE Bombing out of the sky...

around 100 feet... I pulled back as far as she would go.... 'VOOOOOSH" was heard as the plane pulled an amazing stunt and actually... Well... leveled out..


Ladys and gentlmen... I was astonished by the nexstar.. I was almost positive that a Dive of that magnitude at full throttle would have resulted in the engine blowing or at the very very least a Wing folding under the immense stress of a highspeed pull out..


SO... i landed it and we looked the plane over.. no obvious signs of Trama.. the only real damage was a few decals Ripped off in the dive.



SO I did it again... Thinking this bird is breaking... Again climbed up as high as i could get it.. This time my instructor was watching and was like... you realize... a dive of that magnitude is sure to snap somthing...


-Nose down... Full throttle...

Vooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo oooooooooooooM!!!!


right before i was going to pull out...... I heard it.. a defining sound... like no other... "THAPTHAPTHAPTHAP"...... Flutter ><, I throttled down... pulled back on the stick hoping i had elevator left...


VOOOOOOSH! the plane pulled out feet over the ground... and i was able to bring her home..



This point, It had drawn a crowd of people... They came over to check the plane out... We were unsure of where the flutter originated... all the control surfaces seemed solid with no signs of any damage... Again more decals and Stripes of monokote had been ripped from the body... but that was is..



So all in all.. im quite happy with my trainer.. It has passed my seal of approval... a 800+ Foot dive straight down with full throttle.... and able to survive... not once. but twice...


=) I Think its time to get a new plane with some aerobatic abilities... the instructor who tought me was there today and came over.. "That plane isnt going to last long with your crazy side... its a trainer.. if you want to beat it.. by all means beat it.. but If you want to do wild stuff... step up your game and get a new plane that can do those things.. with ease"


Note well taken! Maybe my P51 Mustang build up will have to wait, and ill go shopping for aerobatic planes!