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Old 09-14-2006 | 01:41 PM
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Default RE: First plane


ORIGINAL: bigdanusa

Does that P-51 nose over on take-offs easily?

I'm not worried about landing them.

big dan
Depends on the field I guess.
Mine tried to nose over on my first flight (cut throttle and elevator up just in time to save it)
Might be because of the extra drag on the wheels on the grass field I fly from.
I now give it full up elevator on my initial takeoff roll, only for about the first 5 or 6 feet or so then return to neutral so the tail will come up.